National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH)

Based in the #NorthWest and interested in #creativehealth in #Blackburn? Then join us this Friday at The Bureau from 12 - 2pm, for a lunchtime networking session hosted by our North West Creative Health Associate Elaine Ryan-McNeill Find out more https://lnkd.in/etsSyjR5

Fantastic article in The Guardian today by the Health Policy Editor Denis Campbell, on a new study undertaken for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, by Frontier Economics and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health (Social Biobehavioural Research Group at UCL). "Consuming culture is good for your health and wellbeing – and generates £8bn a year worth of improvements in people’s quality of life and higher productivity. That is the conclusion of the first major UK research to quantify the impact the arts and heritage can have on physical and mental health and the monetary value of the advantages they bring." “We can value those impacts in terms of reduced costs to the NHS, increased productivity at work and improved quality of life.” #creativityforhealthylives Read more https://lnkd.in/dyTJw2ZG

Don't miss our GP SIG free lunchtime webinar on Flourishing in Healthcare, Tuesday 17th Dec, 12.30 - 1.30pm. Exploring from three different perspectives how creativity can support clinical growth and connection. Perspectives include flourishing in: Medical education by Professor Louise Younie Clinician wellbeing by Megan Tjasink From a student perspective by Elle Tallgren. Find out more and register: https://lnkd.in/e6fwgSx4

This week our NCCH Director was delighted to be invited to the National Academy for Social Prescribing(NASP) launch of a new report ‘Envisaging a Social Prescribing Fund in England’ which makes the case for shared investment funding to support the provision of social prescribing services at a local level. Find out more https://lnkd.in/gii5vRpJ As #socialprescribing powerfully intersects with #creativehealth it is great to hear more about the Report, especially because we know arts on prescription programmes have shown good social return on investment and have led to savings in the NHS through decreases in healthcare utilisation. Read more from our NCCH Director https://lnkd.in/deKw6Zc8 #creativityforhealthylives

Do you know an advocate within an Integrated Care Partnership or health system who’s ready to take creative health to the next level? When a local leader in one of our Creative Health Associates networks expresses enthusiasm for #CreativeHealth, the natural question arises: what next? This new blog by our Midlands Creative Health Associate Jane Hearst explores one effective way to follow up: creating an action plan proposal. While it’s not the only method, it provides a structured and actionable way to engage stakeholders and position creative health as a solution to pressing local priorities. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/enAn2zZy

Great to see this Creative Health GM - A Place Partnership event happening this Thursday 12th December. Showcasing how culture and creativity are supporting people to Live Well across Greater Manchester. NHS Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester Combined Authority are leading a partnership with public services, health and social care providers, cultural and voluntary organisations, universities and residents to create lasting ways for creativity and culture to be at the heart of communities’ Live Stream tickets available, find out more https://lnkd.in/d7tqB4Ny

A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Creative Health launched on 26 November 2024. An APPG is an informal cross-party group run by and for Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords with an interest in a particular topic. This new APPG replaces the APPG on Arts, Health, and Wellbeing, for more information visit https://lnkd.in/eJGT6kD5 The APPG on Creative Health will be led by Dr Simon Opher, MP for Stroud and a longtime supporter of creative health. At its first meeting, the APPG elected the Officers and set the agenda for the year ahead. To discover more about the launch of the APPG read our latest Blog >> https://lnkd.in/epSpnnmX

Brand new video resource - Creative Health Across the System: ICB, Hospitals, Public Health, and Combined Authorities. Want to know more about how creative health appears across health systems? See our latest explainer, featuring #CreativeHealth Champions from Integrated Care Boards, Hospitals, Public Health and Combined Authority. The short video aims to help audiences to orientate themselves as to how creative health shows up in four key healthcare contexts! Watch: https://lnkd.in/g7dDW8Pn Find out more: https://lnkd.in/g9QYaZ3q This film was made by Pruga P, and developed by Jane Hearst our Midlands Creative health Associate. Many thanks to Stephen Sandford, Chief Allied Health Professionals Officer, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB); Laura Waters, Head of Arts, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, and Co-Chair of the National Arts in Hospitals Network (NAHN); Rhys Boyer, Senior Public Health Officer, Birmingham City Council; Mubasshir Ajaz, Head of Health and Communities, West Midlands Combined Authority.

Join our GP SIG for a free lunchtime webinar on Flourishing in Healthcare, Tuesday 17th Dec, 12.30 - 1.30pm. Exploring from three different perspectives how creativity can support clinical growth and connection. Perspectives include flourishing in: Medical education by Professor Louise Younie Clinician wellbeing by Megan Tjasink From a student perspective by Elle Tallgren. Find out more and register: https://lnkd.in/e6fwgSx4

Our Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities Programme has responded to the Government’s current consultation on a 10-Year Health Plan. Drawing on the evidence generated by the Mobilising Community Assets projects, recommendation themes align with the programmes approach to thinking about health. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5w6Cn_4 The Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities Programme is funded by UK Research and Innovation and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), run by UCL and supported by the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH).