Real-World Evaluation of dance on prescription - a collaborative arts in health project

In 2022, Hywel Dda University Health Board’s Arts in Health team was awarded funding from the 2Ts (Tywi Taf) GP Cluster and Arts Council of Wales National Lottery funding. These awards funded DanceWell, a collaborative arts in health project which designed and piloted a new dance on prescription programme for patients living with chronic illness and/or frailty in the community. This evaluation report focuses on identifying the impact of the intervention on patient outcomes, exploring feedback from patients and staff who were involved with the programme and reporting on the developing understanding of implementing ‘Arts in Health’ projects in community settings. Mixed methods were employed, with data gathered from a range of sources.