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Music therapy in hospice care 4th July 2016 Our Director of Music Services (Education, Research and Quality Assurance) Simon Procter responds to NICE’s draft guidance on End of life care for infants, children and young people. It’s great that NICE is highlighting the role that music can play in end of life care for infants, children and young people. We know that music is central to many people’s sense of identity, and all the more so for children and young people. That’s one of the reasons why families can often make such effective use of music themselves at such a difficult time. Sometimes, though, music’s help needs a further helping hand from a music therapist who can make its possibilities actively available to young people and their families. As well as distracting from pain, music therapy is particularly well suited to helping people to experience companionship, relationship and togetherness, to non-verbal expression at a time when words may be particularly difficult to access, and to experiences of capability, well-being and creativity (which are all the more precious at these times). Music is a fundamental facet of our humanity and our aliveness: in music we are able to be playful, interactive and adventurous, even in times of illness, pain and fear. It makes absolute sense that music in all its forms, including music therapy, should be available within end of life care for infants, children and young people. The consultation for NICE’s draft guidance is open until 12 August 2016. Photo credit Jacob Hutchins What is music therapy? Our music therapy services Music therapy and palliative care More News MITs Award 2022: Jamal Edwards MBE to be honoured Jamal Edwards MBE is to be honoured with this year’s prestigious Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the music industry as a music entrepreneur, DJ and founder of the multifaceted music platform SB.TV. Find out more Announcing our 2022 Summer School for Music Therapists Music therapists from around the world are invited to join us for four days of sharing work and views, and input into the practice and thinking of the Nordoff Robbins approach. The course will be held online 18th – 21st July 2022. Find out more