Ministry of Culture France

For more than 20 years, the Ministry of Solidarity and Health and the Ministry of Culture have pursued a joint policy of access to culture for all audiences in hospitals. In 2010, the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Ministry of Culture and Communication signed a new "Culture and Health" agreement. After a period of experimentation in four regions, the aim of the "Culture and Health" scheme is to take into account the medico-social sector. The aim is to promote all actions oriented towards of the "Culture and Health" theme, which helps to bring culture "close" to the fellow citizens: everywhere, in all territories, and also to develop the sharing of experiences between the players. The target audience includes the entire health community: hospitalized people, elderly people, families, health and medical-social professionals.
In the regions, the interministerial partnership is implemented through agreements signed between the Regional Directorates of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) and the Regional Health Agencies (ARS). Many hospitals have included cultural policies of excellence in their contracts of objectives and resources.

The project consisted in a national survey in order to draw up an inventory of the operations set up around cinema and audiovisuals in health establishments, the actors of these operations and the difficulties encountered. The survey was conducted by the Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC) and the Delegation for Development and International Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. In 2006, this national survey, consisting of a questionnaire sent by mail to the health directors, was sent to 1,000 health care institutions (145 sites of University Hospitals and Regional Hospitals, 380 Public Hospitals, 181 local hospitals, 100 Specialized Hospitals (in mental health) - public and private, 194 private hospitals participating in the public hospital service with more than 100 beds).