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Radio 3,20 mins

Series2019

Proms Plus: Music and Health

BBC Proms

Available for over a year

Can music heal the mind and body? Music in hospitals used to be heard only in lifts or on patients’ headphones. Now, the NHS is using music therapy in innovative clinical programmes. New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt discusses her award winning research with social prescribing advocate Dr Tim Opher in a Proms Plus panel discussion chaired by Naomi Paxton. Producer: Luke Mulhall

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