SMUK: celebrating our year in numbers!

It has been another busy year for SMUK delivering music with families in hospital and community settings and training music, medical and nursing students:

As we come to our summer break, we wanted to share with you the impact of our programme over the last 12 months:

• We have delivered a total of 67 music sessions in hospital spaces

• We have worked with 5 families in the community

• We have delivered training to 15 music students, 14 medical students and 28 nursing students

"Having the opportunity to watch the Songbirds in action was a great privilege which highlighted the therapeutic benefits in offering alternative therapies such as music.

Seeing first-hand the positive reception of these young patients to music has broadened my perception of what treatment in hospital can entail and I will endeavour to treat my own patients in a more holistic manner in my future practice."

Zahra, Medical student on observing a Sound Environments session in Paediatric Critical Care at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, as part of her PEP Songbirds placement