Hospital Rooms

Shade by Lou Mensah

Mar 18, 202530:14Society & Culture

Hospital Rooms has been bringing world-class contemporary art into NHS mental healthcare units since 2016. Today, we focus on their most ambitious work to date at Hellesdon Hospital, part of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS F...

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