An evaluation of air from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham published 2010. The research was directed by Dr Theodore Stickley and implemented by Brian Crosbie (Research Associate) between March 2009 and April 2010 and explored the impact of the work undertaken to bring art and the appreciation of art to improve feelings of health and wellbeing within the Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over the past 3 years.
It reports that air arts to aid wellbeing at Derby Hospitals …”is on a good footing to expand its activities for future patient benefit.” and demonstrates “a concerted effort and artistic sophistication in what has already been achieved in delivering the promises mapped out in the trusts arts strategy.”
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