Abstract
Although there is growing evidence that music therapy has a significant role to play in rehabilitation of patients with complex neuro-disabilities, its provision in rehabilitation units varies widely internationally. Understanding the role it plays in therapeutic outcomes appears to be one of the barriers in developing music therapy service provision in the UK, where it remains under-resourced in rehabilitation units. This paper reports on a retrospective study of referral patterns to an established music therapy service in a multidisciplinary (MDT) neuro-rehabilitation setting in England. Referrals over a 2-year period were analysed to examine the reasons for referral to music therapy both in terms of priority and frequency, as well as which members of the multidisciplinary team were referring. The results indicate that where music therapy is integrated into MDT programmes it is perceived by the team to have a particular role in the rehabilitation of communication and emotional health needs.
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