This essay is an adapted version of a plenary presentation given at the British Association for Music Therapy Conference in April 2016 ‘Revisioning our voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs’ (Aravinth et al., 2016). Health and Care Profession Council Statistics give an up-to-date view of the music, drama and art therapy professions within the United Kingdom. In turn, consideration of these statistics links with how music and arts therapies practice within a large National Health Service arts therapies service is revisioning its voice and adapting to increase innovation opportunities and workforce development.
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