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Radio WM,6 mins

Foka Wolf's art puts spotlight on hospital patients

Rakeem Omar

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There's growing concern about the number of people with learning disabilities and or autism who live in hospital settings for long periods of time. Often patients remain for many years and with no planned date to leave. At the moment over 2,000 people in the UK live like this. Birmingham University are doing some research that could help people stuck in long-stay hospitals. As part of the project Birmingham-based street artist & activist Foka Wolf has created a gallery installation at IKON gallery as well as a billboard campaign to raise awareness.

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