Dr Julian Abel, Lindsay Clarke Aster, 2020, HB, 240pp, £16.99, 978-1783253364
Loneliness is a serious public health challenge facing the UK. Even before the current pandemic, one in eight Britons admitted that they did not have even a single friend they could rely on.1
Loneliness is generally thought of as an individual’s problem, a lack of supportive family or friends, but it is also about feeling disconnected from our fellow citizens, our neighbours, political leaders, and employers.
It is refreshing to read this account of how two inspirational health workers, a GP, Dr Helen Kingston, and a health trainer, Jenny Hartnoll, led an innovative community approach to address …