BAPAM are delighted to have developed a new partnership with Music Support, the charity that helps people who work in the music industry who are experiencing substance use, addiction and/or mental health challenges. You can read Georgina Levers Angell’s words in Music Week on the unprecedented demand that their services are seeing.
An experienced BAPAM GP is providing medical advice as part of Music Support’s Multi-Disciplinary Team that reviews clients to ensure they receive a safe and effective service.
Why is this important?
Performing Arts Medicine is a small specialty, not always easily accessible through the NHS. As 75% of those working in the performing arts will face a career-impacting physical or psychological health problem at some point, one of BAPAM’s most vital roles is to ensure that everyone in the sector can quickly find expert, safe, clinical support when needed.
BAPAM is the health charity for the performing arts, led by medical doctors with expertise in creative sector health.
Our unique UK-wide clinics network provides free consultations to over 3000 people every year. Our fully vetted Directory of Practitioners, lists more than 300 registered medical and allied health professionals with dedicated experience in performing arts healthcare.
BAPAM bring creative sector organisations together with medical professionals with proven experience in delivering high quality services. As a clinically led medical organisation, BAPAM is uniquely placed to provide expert consultancy and indemnified advice to creative industry organisations that support health and wellbeing in the sector.
If your organisation is seeking support in designing or delivering a health service, advice on building healthy working environments or signposting to specialist clinical advice, please get in touch with us to find out how we can help you ensure your service meets the highest standards for care and safety.
Working collaboratively, we can improve health for everyone whose work makes the UK’s creative sector so vibrant and successful.
Contact BAPAM at info@bapam.org.uk