ARTS IN HEALTH IN THE UK Damian Hebron Director of London Arts in Health Forum Cohesion and connection Just because the arts arent social work doesnt mean they arent social David Edgar ID: 632586
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE FIELD OF
ARTS IN HEALTH
IN THE UK
Damian Hebron – Director of London Arts in Health ForumSlide2
Cohesion and connection“Just because the arts aren't social work doesn't mean they aren't social.” David EdgarSlide3
What we doCreativity and Wellbeing Week 13th-19th JuneCreativity and Wellbeing PlusNewsletterSocial MediaSupport for artistsDelivering projects and researchSupporting the National Alliance for Arts, Health and WellbeingSlide4
Arts and Health“Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by colour and light, we do know this; they have an actual physical effect.” (Florence Nightingale: 1860)Ancient Greeks: a well lived lifeColour and ancient Chinese medicineHippocrates “art is long, and life short”Slide5
AsclepiusHygieia (goddess of health, cleanliness, and sanitation)Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness)Aceso (the goddess of the healing process)Aglaea (the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment)Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy Slide6
Art in hospitals – the war on sicknessMatthias Grünewald, 'Temptation of St Anthony' a panel from the Isenheim Altarpiece, 1506-15Originally placed in Beaune Hospital Slide7
Arts and the NHS1948 Music in Hospitals1959 Paintings in Hospitals1973 Manchester Hospitals Art project established1991 Healing Arts at St Mary’s on the isle of Wight1999 Chelsea and Westminster research into arts in hospital2007 Department of Health review and recommendationsSlide8
2007
Department of Health Working Group findings were:
“the arts are and should be firmly recognised as being integral to health, healthcare provision and healthcare environments,”
(
DoH
: March 2007)Slide9
August 2005Slide10
Arts in health – a small-scale global phenomenonChallenging medical orthodoxiesQuestioning what it means to be wellQuestioning how health and care respond to medical innovation, economic change and demographic changeDemanding a human aspect to modern health provisionSlide11
Arts and health
Therapies
- music, art, drama and dance
Community practice
- work targeting specific health outcomes and more general wellbeing
Healthcare
environments
- hospitals, primary care and social care
Medical
humanities
- staff
development and training, medical ethicsSlide12
National Alliance for Arts, Health and WellbeingWebsite and DirectoryA Charter for Arts Health and WellbeingEngagement with Arts TherapistsUK Arts and Health Research NetworkNew Museums and Health NetworkAll Party Parliamentary GroupAdvocacy and MediaSupport for 2013 and 2017 conferencesSlide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26
www.creativityandwellbeing.org.ukSlide27Slide28
www.culturehealthwellbeing.org.ukSlide29
“Great things do not just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.” Vincent Van GoghSlide30
damian@lahf.org.uk
03001111461
www.lahf.org.uk