Our award-winning arts in health programme combines visual and performing arts with live music and dance; participatory music, art and craft workshops; film screenings at the CW+ MediCinema; innovative design and green spaces; as well as our collection of over 2,000 works of art and digital installations to transform the hospital environment for patients, families, volunteers and staff.
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In partnership with staff, patients, artists and partners, we designed our Arts for All programme to provide meaningful cultural opportunities, which offer distraction, engagement and social interaction.
Our Design and Environment programme transforms and enhances clinical spaces. We work with renowned partners who specialise in health, technology and environmental design, bringing together the healing power of art and the latest innovations in design to create a patient-focused environment.
We work with a diverse range of health technology partners with the aim of further investing in healthcare technology to elevate patient care, empowering our staff and enhancing patient experience.
Underpinning our arts in health programme is a robust body of evidence that clearly demonstrates the impact on patient outcomes, care delivery and cost effectiveness of these programmes and enhancements.
Research has shown that visual art has a positive effect in healthcare settings. Our visual and digital hospital arts collection, displayed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, is made up of over 2,000 artworks, many of which are bespoke commissions.
We are delighted to have published a book to celebrate our pioneering arts in health programme which we have been running for over 25 years.
Virtual Connections is our online arts programme, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and those self-isolating in the wider community.
Explore a wide range of creative workshops we have on offer, including mindfulness, creative movement, harp recitals and art history.
CW+ Conversations is our arts in health webinar series. We aim to bring together people from different disciplines and settings in a conversational space to explore different topics relating to arts and design in the hospital environment, catering to those with interests in architecture/design, arts in health practice, emerging technology, research, and clinical innovation.
Today, we unveil our new indoor botanical Sky Garden at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, designed by award-winning landscape designer and CW+ Artist in Residence, Jinny Blom.
We are delighted to be shortlisted for the Royal Society for Public Health’s prestigious Health and Wellbeing Awards 2021 for our Arts COVID-19 Response in the category of Arts and…
Stunning, backlit Nature Displays from leading British landscape photographer Charlie Waite have been installed in the new Adult Intensive Care Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, which officially opened this…
Our Music and Sound Research Consultant Andy Hall summarises the thoughts and feelings of our Arts for All artists, who have returned to our hospitals to perform for patients and…
We spoke to Emma, a student at the English National Ballet School, about her experience performing on the wards for our patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
We recently installed a new temporary exhibition at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in collaboration with Lavender Walk Adolescent Mental Health Unit. In this blog, we hear from project leads Chloe…
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