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Parkrun should be prescribed on the NHS, charity behind it says

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Free 5km run takes place in thousands of locations around the world each weekend .

Parkrun UK already works with almost 2,000 GP surgeries to help doctors "socially prescribe" the events.

Now it is calling for the initiative to be rolled out across the NHS .

Founder Paul Sinton -Hewitt put on the first event in southwest London in 2004 .

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