Liverpool trust uses comedy as therapy

NHS Liverpool Community Health has become the first trust in the country to use the medium of comedy to help patients with communication difficulties. In conjunction with The Comedy Trust, the organisation is inviting those with difficulties related to a neurological condition to apply for places on a scheme that will encourage people to use humour and drama to play out difficult situations. The trust's specialist speech and language therapist, Gillian Dowman, said: "We are delighted to be able to offer our patients such an innovative and important approach to therapy. It is quite exciting from our point of view as it enables people to look at difficulties they may encounter in a much more supported and yet light-hearted way."