National Arts in Hospitals Network

This is a very exciting week for the National Arts in Hospitals Network. Firstly, information about a crucial webinar coming up on 28/10... Are you an artist, creative health practitioner, hospital arts manager, someone with lived experience, or do you work in healthcare in Scotland? ‘Developing an Arts and Mental Health Framework for Scotland’ is the second NAHN zoom webinar, held in collaboration with Creative Scotland and Hospital Rooms, on Wednesday 28th October, 12.30pm-1.30pm. This webinar is your chance to co-develop the arts and mental health framework for #Scotland.    During this session, panel members will share insights from their work across the sector: Stuart Cameron (Creative Scotland) and Niamh White MBE and Tim A Shaw (Hospital Rooms). Following these discussions Catherine Middleton Findlay, Arts and Health Coordinator, Arts and Mental Health Framework (Creative Scotland) and Lorna Collins, from NAHN, will lead an interactive engagement session. We want to hear from artists, health professionals, and those with lived experience to build a shared vision for Scotland.   Sign up to attend this event on Eventbrite here: https://lnkd.in/eW4szwQA Please sign up and share around your networks, particularly in Scotland! #artsinhealth #mentalhealth #creativehealth #CreativeScotland #ArtsinHealthScotland #hospitalarts #HospitalRooms #NAHN #NAHNarts #NAHNwebinar #joinin Guy Noble, CMgr FCMI Laura Waters

Screenshot from our recent #NAHN webinar with @Trigger Stuff. We discussed the next bold, colourful national project -- celebrating the 80th anniversary of the NHS in 2028. Lots of exciting ideas, connections and plans are in motion. More NAHN webinars are on the way, so watch out and join in. #NAHNarts #NHS #NHS80 #NHSheroes #hospitalarts

It was brilliant to see three National Arts in Hospitals Network members shortlisted as finalists at the Picker Experience Network #PEN26 awards at the University of Birmingham today. All 3 projects were finalists in the 'environment of care' category: Air Arts at Derby And Burton Hospitals Charity for their 'Sensing spaces of Healthcare' project; Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity's for their 'Enjoy Art' programme, and Lime Arts from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust for their music programme. We are delighted that Lime Arts won the category with their innovative music in hospitals programme. Congratulations to all the finalists! Laura Waters, Orlando Wilson, Eleanor Coles, Dawn Prescott #PEN2026

Don't miss this webinar, exploring and building projects to celebrate NHS 80th anniversary with NAHN and 'Trigger' (an arts charity run by 'shapeshifting creatives') this Wednesday 30th September 12:30 - 1:30pm. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eEVBKGvi

On the #NAHNart radar: "What We Carry: Living with Pain" is a collaborative art-science project that makes the invisible, hard-to-describe experience of chronic pain visible through creative expression. Led by artist Marysa Dowling, alongside the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health, the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, and the Chronic Pain Neurotechnology Network+, the project highlights that chronic pain is invisible, easily misunderstood, and poorly communicated through basic numerical rating scales. It aimed to capture the personal, emotional, and social impacts of chronic pain that standard clinical scales fail to measure. Since 2023, Marysa has involved & engaged individuals, listening empathetically to tailor creative and visual themes to each person's life. Participants used photography, writing, mark-making, and storytelling to release and communicate what they feel inside. The process offered a therapeutic outlet that satisfies a core human need to be seen, understood, and believed. Please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eyjTutPi and/or contact abigail.stuart@ndcn.ox.ac.uk to find out more. Marysa Dowling Ben Seymour Abigail Stuart

NAHN #news: we have some exciting webinars coming up… The first of these is happening on Wednesday 30/09 12:30-1:30pm, celebrating the NHS 80th anniversary with "Trigger" a charity run by "shapeshifting creatives". Trigger will celebrate 80 years of the NHS with an extraordinary national celebration focused on health, diversity, creativity, and community wellbeing. This webinar will introduce the Oak Anniversary 2028 as both a moment of public celebration and a platform for deeper understanding of the NHS’s history, its diverse workforce, and the role creativity can play in strengthening wellbeing, belonging, and community connection. At a time when national racial tensions are mounting, the NHS and Windrush are approaching an important 80th birthday. Trigger are driven to increase public understanding of the NHS story, including its international workforce and diverse communities, to help make communities feel safer, more connected, and less polarised. This webinar is an opportunity to find out more about Trigger, the project and how your Trust can be involved. Sign up to attend this webinar on Eventbrite here: https://lnkd.in/eEVBKGvi We hope to see you at this crucial discussion about how we can celebrate the NHS 80th anniversary, considering what has happened over the past 8 decades and where we are now. All are welcome, please share. #NHS80 #artcure #artsinhealth #artsinhospitals #artsinmedicine #NAHN #NAHNarts #NAHNnews

Additional tickets are now live and available to book for the National Arts in Hospitals Network conference in Sheffield — “Collaboration & Knowledge Exchange” — on 15th October! We also have the exciting optional Peak District walk and creative, social gatherings on the 14th. You can purchase tickets for £33.22 each (inc. booking fee - you will receive an invoice when purchasing any additional paid tickets). All bookings close on 1st October or when we reach capacity.   Please see the link below to purchase tickets and find details about transport and accommodation on Eventbrite here: https://lnkd.in/ebMJntgM   We look forward to seeing you there!   Regards, Lorna, Laura and Guy 

Hello LinkedIn! Happy to be sharing a CUH Arts staffing update: the fabulous Rosie O'Donovan will be acting up to cover my role as Head of Arts later this year, whilst I take maternity leave. This means we are looking for someone awesome to fill Rosie's shoes as Arts Programme Manager for 12 months. It's a gem of a job that oversees the delivery of arts engagement activity with our hospital patients and staff (live performance, participation, consultation) as well as art in the physical environment (commissions, collection, exhibitions). It is both creative and operational, and involves managing members of our super team. Could this be for you? Check it out and get in touch if you'd like a chat. Deadline: 6 September 2026 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust National Arts in Hospitals Network National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance London Arts and Health https://lnkd.in/e8qtapBX

Job opportunity: Arts Programme Manager at CUH Arts, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Main area: Division Corporate - Arts Grade: Band 7 Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Site: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate Town: Cambridge Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 p.a. pro rata Closing: 06/09/2026 23:59 Interview date: 24/09/2026 Job overview: CUH Arts is the Trust’s creative health programme, dedicated to shaping care through creativity. We strive to inspire creativity, promote wellbeing and humanise healthcare by providing excellent creative and cultural opportunities for patients, staff, visitors and wider community. Our diverse, person-centred, multi-disciplinary programme of live, participatory and visual arts is delivered by a specialist team of arts professionals and embedded within hospital life through close collaboration with staff. This is a 12-month fixed term/secondment position, whilst the Head of Arts is on maternity leave. You will work with the interim Head of Arts to manage the programming, implementation and evaluation of a diverse range of creative health activity across the current hospital site. Main duties of the job: This role will work closely with the Head of Arts (HoA) to realise CUH Arts’ ambitious strategic plan, which aims to improve the experience of patient care, support the workforce, and transform healthcare environments through two main strands of regular activity: Arts engagement (live performance, participation, consultation) Art and environment (commissions, collection, exhibitions) This is a highly specialist role, bringing significant skills and expertise in creative health, arts programming, resource and finance management, co-production and socially-engaged arts practice. See more information and apply here: https://lnkd.in/ef2WFuVA