Meet the choir that started in intensive care unit and has now gone global

ITV News Central Reporter Phil Brewster hears from ICU workers in the Midlands about the 'power of music' during the pandemic

A group of ICU workers from Leicestershire have teamed up with a choir that is thousands of miles away to spread a message of hope.

Three NHS staff from the East Midlands jumped at the chance to get involved in a mass virtual choir in Australia. 

People from across the globe have come together to sing and raise morale online.

For Sarah Cooke, from Glenfield Hospital it was an "amazing opportunity".

She said: “I love singing, I love choir, it’s done amazing things for my own mental health through the pandemic and I thought ‘why not’.” 

She joined alongside Dr Jenny Briggs, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Mark Harding, Glenfield Hospital. 

They're members of the ICU Liberty Singers - a choir made of up 100s of hospital staff working on the frontline here in the UK.

The aim is to bring some respite and fun in what's been an incredibly tough time for the NHS. 

The person behind this music mash-up was Emma O'Brien who is the Head of Music Therapy at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia.

She said: “I’ve never been so overwhelmed by the power of music as I have been these last two years with the pandemic, just seeing its impact on people.”

Across the globe there's barely a place that hasn't been touched by Covid and its aftermath in some way.

But the hope is that through song, the people that have sacrificed so much to help us in our hour of need, can themselves be healed.