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The National Centre for Creative Health provides the Secretariat for this Special Interest Group https://ncch.org.uk/

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The National Centre for Creative Health will advance good practice and research, inform policy and promote collaboration, helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and social care and wider systems.

What

Research shows that active engagement with the arts, culture and creativity is beneficial for the health and wellbeing of us all. The National Centre for Creative Health will play a pivotal role in promoting collaboration to enable creative health to become integral to health and social care and wider systems.
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Research

We will support the development of research via our partnerships with University College London, the Royal Society for Public Health Special Interest Group in Arts, Health and Wellbeing and a number of research centres working in relevant fields.
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NEWS - the Creative Health Review

NCCH and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPG AHW) Creative Health Review highlights the potential for creative health to help tackle pressing issues in health and social care and more widely, including health inequalities and the additional challenges we face as we recover from Covid-19.

Find out more about the Creative Health Review >>

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The National Centre for Creative Health will advance good practice and research, inform policy and promote collaboration, helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and social care and wider systems.

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The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London

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The Royal Marsden hospitals' nurse-led Arts Programme provides mix of music and arts activities to help reduce pain, relieve stress and fatigue, boost confidence, and strengthen the immune system for people with cancer. The Royal Marsden Arts Programme | The Royal Marsden

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Tsung-Po Huang is an emerging nursing researcher from Taiwan. He is currently developing a research project that draws on an arts-based methodology to examine how people make sense of their embodied experiences of identity, illness and gender.

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ORCID record for Tsung-Po Huang. ORCID provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.

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Dr Nicola Fisher RN, University of Nottingham

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Dr Nicola Fisher RN, University of Nottingham

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Dr Nicola Fisher RN, University of Nottingham - using creative methods to communicate research

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Dr Marie Clancy, Cathy Rant and Victoria Sadler 

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Dr Marie Clancy, Cathy Rant and Victoria Sadler 

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Dr Marie Clancy, Cathy Rant and Victoria Sadler - The art and history of nursing module and creative health placements

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Yayen (nurse/artist) - Embers of Care series

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Running Singing for Lung Health groups

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Helen Marie Bowen, Senior Lecturer/Registered Nurse. Finding balance and belonging - The student nurse experience of art-based pedagogy: Diverse insights from a collage enquiry

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University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth

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Interested in the use of the creative arts within education.

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Louise Jarrett RGN PhD

Used Arts in my PhD, particularly the sculptures of Barbara Hepworth to help me understand my nursing practice as a Specialist Nurse working with people with complex disability.

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Queen Margaret University, Drive, Musselburgh

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Queen Margaret University, Drive, Musselburgh

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Queen Margaret University, Drive, Musselburgh

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Kim Christie - Module co ordinator for the theory and art of nursing 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate student nurses

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Dr. Olivia Lemberger, RN, Innovation Scientist

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University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth

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Chloë Weekes-Dyer, RN, University of Plymouth

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Chloë Weekes-Dyer, RN, University of Plymouth

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Lecturer in Adult Nursing, interested in supporting students using creative methods and the creative arts in nurse education.

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Carol Ellwood. Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing. University of Cumbria.

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Kate Valentine – Nurse | Creative Health Consultant | Founder of Singing Mamas

I am a nurse and Creative Health specialist working at the intersection of voice, wellbeing, and community care. As the Founder of Singing Mamas, I lead a national network supporting women’s mental health through group singing, with a focus on perinatal care, trauma-informed practice, and social connection.

My work brings creative health into real-world settings — from NHS and community spaces to universities and leadership environments — using voice as a powerful, evidence-informed tool for regulation, expression, and healing.

I am passionate about helping healthcare systems and professionals move beyond talking about wellbeing, into embodied, relational practice that can be felt, shared, and sustained.

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Sarah McMaster - University of Cumbria. Interested in creative pedagogy, expressive arts and experiential learning.

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Lindsey Regan - Interested in experiential learning and creative pedagogy

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Associate Professor Ruth Sanders, University of East Anglia

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Associate Professor Ruth Sanders, University of East Anglia

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Academic Midwife currently completing a Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care - Arts-Based Research to explore student midwives' experience of creative reflection. Embedding the art of midwifery & creative arts in our undergraduate midwifery curriculum. Background in Drama (LAMDA), MA in Digital Practices, BA Creative & Cultural Studies

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Plymouth Marjon University, Derriford Road, Plymouth

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Professor of Allied Health & Nursing

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Hello, my name is Elfie 👋

I am interested in how creative practices can support nurses & healthcare professionals to look after themselves and each other. As a Senior Nurse and Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA), I use and create visual resources within restorative clinical supervision, and I am keen to explore the growing evidence base around creativity, wellbeing, reflection and burnout prevention.

My own creative practice includes digital illustration, watercolour, sketch-noting and slow creative hobbies such as crochet, embroidery and gardening.

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Victoria Ridgway and The Creative Health Placement

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Hannah Foley - Community Practice Educator (NHS) - MSci (Nursing, Nottingham), BA (Illustration, Edinburgh).

Working with unregistered carers in care homes under the Enhanced Health in Care Homes remit across North and East Devon.

I am especially interested in creative health approaches around End-of Life care, spiritual care, rurality, community and embodiment.

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Dr Nicola Morrell-Scott - NHS England | LinkedIn

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With over 20 years’ experience as a nurse working in critical care and education, I have… · Experience: NHS England · Education: Lancaster University · Location: United Kingdom · 216 connections on LinkedIn. View Dr Nicola Morrell-Scott’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

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Hello, my name is Richard. I am a registered nurse by clinical background, currently working in primary care as Digital and Transformation Lead Nurse for Wallsend PCN. One of my main interests (and reasons for joining the SIG) is to explore how creative practices can be used in reflection and to support health professional wellbeing, but I am also equally interested in how the arts can be promoted to patients through social prescribing and public health initiatives. Prior to completing my nursing training, I studied English at university - and continue to be interested in how the link between the arts, humanities and health can contribute to delivering holistic person-centred care.

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Katie Webb RN

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University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester

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University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester

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University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester

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James Wilson