Commissioner: Chelsea Westminster CW+ Arts For All
Role: Wellbeing voice practitioner / Music Leader

Using singing as an intervention on the older people’s wards at Chelsea Westminster hospital to promote social, emotional and physical benefits for the patient. This highly relational practice demonstrates the power of singing to: lift a patient’s mood, improve breathing and cognition, promote encourage creativity and enhance social interaction between patients on wards and between patients and staff.

The Chelwest Singers is a wellbeing focused choir established online to support staff at CW and West Midlands Hospitals.