1. Dr Simon Opher May Lane Surgery Dursley, Gloucestershire
Arts to make you feel better
ART IN SURGERIES
Dr Simon Opher
May Lane Surgery
Dursley, Gloucestershire

3. The effect of Art on Health
Cropley – creativity = health (improves health determinants)
Mihaly - Flow
Distraction/reflection
Creativity and actualisation/personal growth
Creative process and Right Left brain-Dopamine mediated
Evolutionary theory – mental health and creativity
Social networks
Flexibility, openness, autonomy, humour, playfulness, willing to try, elaboration of ideas =healthy personality

4. Artlift
7 residencies in Gloucestershire (held in GP surgeries, Community Centres, Hospitals…)
Seven-year track record
1,000 patients referred, over 700 complete data sets
8 artists – fine art, poetry/writing, ceramics, mixture
4 outcome measures – self esteem score, GP consult rate, health spend, focus groups (Qualitative)
Referrals come from a range of professional routes
Artlift programme brings all sections of the community together

5. Effect of Artlift

6. GP consultation rate (n=90)

7. Hospital spend (n=90)

8. Cost headlines
Total hospital admissions reduced from 54 to 33
No significant differences in A&E or Outpatient spend
Total costs reduced by £38,622 for 90 patients
35% reduction in hospital admission costs

9. Wiltshire
Art on prescription project commissioned by Wiltshire Council.
Pilot at Whiteparish surgery (South East Wilts) starting 6th October 2014 – Two terms of 10 weeks.
Two additional programmes to be set up in other surgeries.
Evaluation : short interim report by end of January 2015, full evaluation report provided at the end of the project.
Are you a GP or Health Practitioner based in Wiltshire? Are you interesting in hosting an Artlift residency? Please contact

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