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Music in Hospitals & Care

Music in Hospitals & Care Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

Music in Hospitals & Care's 2024/25 annual report describes another year of thousands of hours of live music shared in hospitals, care homes, hospices and community spaces. In 2024/25 the charity shared 2,363 hours of live music in 454 health and care settings, reaching over 47,000 patients, residents and service users, with 194 musicians visiting health and care settings. Pilots included Emergency Music in the A&E department at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and a music and visual arts project at an NHS CAMHS inpatient unit in Bridgend. Staff reported that 55% of patients in their care experienced less physical pain.

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Music in Hospitals & Care is a UK charity that shares professional, person-centred live music with people in hospitals, care homes, hospices and community settings to improve health and wellbeing.

Key Metrics

2,363 hours of live music shared
454 health and care settings visited
47,000+ patients, residents and service users reached

Key Outcomes

  • Staff reported that 55% of patients in their care experienced less physical pain
  • On Medicine of the Elderly wards, patients rated themselves 9 out of 10 after the music compared to 2.5 out of 10 before
  • 66% of patients felt respite from emotional pain and stress, and 60% felt respite from physical pain (Northern Ireland learning project)

Geography

UK-Wide

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