United Kingdom, June 24 -- Dame Emma Thompson believes that sex should be recommended by health professionals.

The 66-year-old actress has urged Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to recommend intimacy to couples at a screening of her film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande - in which she plays a widowed teacher who explores her sexuality with the help of a male escort.

Speaking during a Q+A at The Kiln Theatre in London, Emma said: "We need to learn about our own response to: what if when you're unwell, you can't make connections, but you need sex?

"You need sex because it's part of our health plan, if you like. It should really be on the NHS. It should. It's so good for you."

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