A Creative Health Service
How to thrive, not just survive, in a changing health care system On 21 September 2024, I’m going to be speaking at a public event at Darwent Valley Hospital. This free, immersive and participatory event is for health care professionals and trainees, as well as artists, policy makers and others interested in the future of […]
NEW REPORT: Understanding Creative Health in London
A new report I’ve written for the Greater London Authority, with research support from London Arts and Health, will be launched next month. Understanding Creative Health in London covers the evolution, scale, character and maturity of the creative health sector in the capital. Spanning several centuries, the report takes a deep dive into the contemporary […]
Taking the Creative out of Scotland (August 2009)
This evening, in Edinburgh, the new landmark organisation for promoting culture in Scotland will be revealed, but the chances are that you won’t have been invited to the launch, especially if you are a creative practitioner. Creative Scotland, as this new organisation will be known, is a hybrid creature – a replacement of Scottish Screen […]
Creative Health Research Symposium: Thoughts
I was invited to speak at the University of Manchester’s Creative Health Research Symposium on 27 June 2024. Reading through my notes on the morning of the symposium – about recent research and gaps in the evidence – I decided to end with a short plea to creative health research commissioners: Research is a vital part […]
Creative Health Research Symposium
On 27 June, I’ll be speaking at a symposium about the very latest in creative health research organised by the University of Manchester. There will be some great contributors, including Hannah Waterson, Research and Policy Manager at the National Centre for Creative Health, who drafted the report arising from the recent Creative Health Review. Support […]
Evaluating London’s Creative Health City Policy Design Process
During 2023, the Greater London Authority, Arts Council England and London Arts and Health asked more than 500 Londoners to initiate, build and test a model for the capital to become a Creative Health City. I evaluated this process and offered a series of reflections and recommendations.
Speaking at a Research Café in Manchester
On 7 February 2024, I was delighted to take part in a panel discussion on Creative Health and Health Inequalities in Greater Manchester at the invitation of the University of Manchester. I introduced the concept of creative health, and I spoke about how creative health approaches can help to increase equity.