APPG Creative Health Roundtable on Digital Health and CreaTech
Creative Health Roundtable on Digital Health and CreaTech
Monday 20 April 2026 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm on Teams
At the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Creative Health roundtable on Digital Health and CreaTech, we will be exploring how creative health can support the NHS to deliver its digital ambitions as described in the government's 10 Year Health Plan. We will consider the wider context of digital health and how creative health aligns as well as considering innovative CreaTech solutions, and the barriers and opportunities for integration.
The National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) made a call-out for case studies which bring together digital tools - such as AI, VR, gamification and immersive platforms - with creative practice to address health challenges. We received over 30 submissions, many of which are now available to view on our website here. These have informed the planning for the roundtable.
The roundtable will be chaired by Dr Simon Opher MP, Chair of the APPG on Creative Health.
Speakers will include:
- Giovanni Biglino, Associate Professor in Bioengineering, Bristol Heart Institute.
- Lisa Dowler, Artist Director, Small Things Dance Collective.
- Oliver Gingrich, Associate Professor in Animation, University of Greenwich.
- Simon Glenister, CEO Noise Solution.
- Hannah Gorf, Senior Programme Manager: Healthy Communities and Individuals, NHS Gloucestershire.
- Emilios Lemoniatis, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Founder & CEO Medical Creatives.
- Alan Naismith, CEO and Founder, Polyatrics Ltd.
- Ellie Turner, Executive Director, Mortal Fools.
Sign up for this event via Teams here.
Find out more here > All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health.
Information about previous APPG roundtables are below.
Neighbourhood Health and Creative Health, November 2025:
Click here to watch the YouTube recording.
Blog Summary here.
Read the Creative Health Briefing Paper The 10 Year Plan: Neighbourhood Health.
Creativity and Children and Young People’s Mental Health Roundtable, June 2025:
Recording here.
Blog Summary.
Read our NCCH briefing on Creativity and Children and Young People’s Mental Health here.
