Social prescribing has become a global phenomenon. A Delphi study was recently conducted with 48 social prescribing experts from 26 countries to establish global agreement on the definition of social prescribing. We reflect on the use and utility of the outputs of this work, and where we go from here.

Adult and Family Medicine Kaiser Oakland Oakland CA USA

Arts and Sciences University College London London UK

Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education Surry Hills NSW Australia

Bromley By Bow Health Centre London UK

Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa ON Canada

Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing Canadian Red Cross Toronto ON Canada

Carers New Zealand NZ Carers Alliance Auckland New Zealand

Centre of Longevity and Long Term Care Faculty of Humanities Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Citizens Advice Solihull Borough Solihull UK

College of Medicine and Health University of Birmingham Birmingham West Midlands UK

College of Medicine London UK

Competence Centre for Health Promotion and Healthcare Austrian National Public Health Institute Vienna Austria

Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada

Department of Behavioural Science and Health University College London London UK

Department of Family and Community Medicine St Michael's Hospital Toronto ON Canada

Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada

Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine College of Medicine Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan

Department of Family Medicine Taipei Medical University Hospital Taipei Taiwan

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Department of Preventive Medicine Wonju College of Medicine Yonsei University Gangwon State Wonju Republic of Korea

Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics Hussite Theological Faculty Charles University Prague Czech Republic

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Facultad Ciencias Médicas Universidad de Cuenca Cuenca Azuay Ecuador

Faculty of Health Sciences Queen's University 99 University Ave Kingston ON Canada

Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada

Faculty of Health Social Care and Medicine Edge Hill University Ormskirk Lancashire UK

Faculty of Health Southern Cross University Lismore NSW Australia

Faculty of Health University of Plymouth Plymouth UK

Faculty of Humanities Seikei University Musashino Tokyo Japan

Family Medicine Duke NUS Medical School Singapore Singapore

Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older Adults Helsinki Finland

General Practice Visby Gotland Sweden

General Practice Watford Hertfordshire UK

Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board Hertfordshire and West Essex Hertfordshire UK

Improving Health Limited London UK

Institute for Connected Communities University of East London London UK

Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin Germany

Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada

Integrated Health Services World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland

La Mina Primary Health Care Academic Centre Catalan Institute of Health Sant Adrià de Besòs Barcelona Spain

Landelijk Kennisnetwerk Welzijn Op Recept Nieuwegein Netherlands

Meaningful Measures Ltd Bristol UK

Medical Gerontology Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland

Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing St James's Hospital Dublin Ireland

National Academy for Social Prescribing London UK

Nossal Institute for Global Health Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Melbourne VIC Australia

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences University of Oxford Oxford Oxfordshire UK

Office of Education and Community Partnerships SingHealth Community Hospitals Singapore Singapore

Primary Care Management Health and Medical Care Administration Region of Gotland Visby Sweden

Primary Care Management Health and Medical Care Administration Region of Kalmar Högsby Sweden

Public Health Research Centre Comprehensive Health Research Centre NOVA National School of Public Health NOVA University Lisbon Lisbon Portugal

Research Unit for General Practice Aarhus Denmark

School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada

Science of Care Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute Toronto ON Canada

Scottish Government Population Health Directorate Edinburgh UK

Scottish Social Prescribing Network Edinburgh UK

Social Prescribing Network London UK

Social Prescribing USA San Francisco CA USA

South West Yorkshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust Wakefield UK

Sport and Health Writtle University College Chelmsford Essex UK

SPRING Social Prescribing Derry UK

Unidade de Saúde Familiar da Baixa Unidade Local de Saúde São José Lisbon Portugal

Wales School for Social Prescribing Research University of South Wales Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf UK

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