Research demonstrates that there are many benefits to the use of music in healthcare settings.

• Music offers a distraction from routines and procedures, changing the atmosphere.

• It offers comfort at difficult times.

• Music can help to reduce the effects of trauma and facilitate coping strategies.

• The arts promote self-expression, individuality and creativity.

• Music brings cultural engagement into an environment.

• Music can be delivered in a way that empowers people, allowing them to choose how they participate.

• It isn't just patients who benefit from the music; it can have a positive effect on the surrounding space and affect families, visitors and healthcare staff.