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Poems in the Waiting Room

Poems in the Waiting Room (PitWR) is a U.K.-based and registered arts in health charity. The main aim of the charity is to supply short collections of poems for patients in National Health Service General Practice waiting rooms to read while waiting to see their doctor. The aim is to promote poetry, and to make the paient's wait more pleasant. The service is free to the waiting rooms and general practice managers, and is supported by grants and donations. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic the poems were presented as A4 sized three-fold cards typically reproducing between six and eight poems. Batches of cards were printed and distributed to waiting rooms four times a year. From 2021 the charity has instead published poetry collections only on its website.

Organisation
Poems in the Waiting Room, Registered Charity (No. 1099033), is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee (04836215) and is managed by the trustee body and executive committee, providing professional advice in literary and executive editing, production and distribution of the poetry cards. The executive committee has been expanded since the retirement and death in 2012 of the founder, Michael Lee, formerly Executive Chairman. The Chair was held until September 2024 by the late Serge Lourie who took over on the retirement of Wendy French; Edmund Lee is Honorary Chief Executive; Helen Lee is Honorary Secretary and became Editor on the retirement of Isobel Montgomery Campbell; Ciorsdan Glass is Head of Digital; Elizabeth Mary Anne Patience Consultant Analytical Psychologist; Michael Sheridan Stone is Director of PitWR Worldwide. The UK-based charity has attracted wider attention, and encourages collaboration with projects set up in other countries, where these projects adopt the same editorial policy. Examples include Poems in the Waiting Room New Zealand established in 2008, based at Dunedin. ==External links==
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