UCLH Arts is the hospital arts project that serves UCLH NHS Foundation Trust and its surrounding community, and is entirely funded by charitable donations and fundraising.
UCLH Arts is committed to providing a welcoming, uplifting environment for all patients, visitors and staff through the use of a varied and stimulating arts programme, and in so doing, aims to improve patient well-being, boost staff morale and widen access to the arts.
Recent evidence shows that arts interventions in healthcare environments have a number of positive therapeutic and medical outcomes for patients including:
- Reduction of stress
- Reduction of depression and anxiety
- Reduced blood pressure
- Reduced pain intensity
- Reduced need for medication
- Improved mental health
UCLH Arts is currently supported by the general funds of UCLH Charity, but it is intended that the project should, over time, become self-sustaining. To this end we aim to raise £60k each year from April 2009 to March 2012.
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