Making sure patients, staff and visitors get the full benefit of the art on display at Colchester hospitals is the aim of a new research project being backed by the national Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Dr Majella Munro, who completed her PhD in Art History at the University of Essex in 2011, is the lead researcher on the project to catalogue the art collection of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust (CHUFT). The first phase, which runs from now until the end of April 2013, is funded by the AHRC under its new Cultural Engagement Fund initiative. More information: www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=4988