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 and listed below. 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 and Sofie Layton, Artist
Kiz Crosbie, Artistic Director and CEO and Ellie Turner, Executive Director, Mortal Fools
Dr Lisa Dowler, Artist Director, Small Things Dance Collective
Oliver Gingrich, Associate Professor in Animation, University of Greenwich
Simon Glenister, CEO Noise Solution, and young person
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 and Dr Pani Sissou GP, Director Decorum GP Federation
Sign up for this event via Teams here.
CreaTech Case Studies
The following case studies are examples of how CreaTech and digital solutions are driving innovation in health systems, improving service delivery, system efficiency, patient outcomes or experience.
- Arts for the Blues
- Digital arts and culture - the perfect ‘hook’ for digital inclusion: Leeds Art & Culture Digital Inclusion Pilot
- Digital Dialogues
- Exploring Digital Techniques in Music Therapy for Young People with Complex Mental Health Needs
- Glowing Stars - a study using an educational app to prepare children for MRI scans at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- HERO Academy / HEX Vanguards / Unlocking Minds: Digital Creative Health Pathways
- LifePathXR
- MELVA Digital Programme Supporting Mental Health Education
- Moments of Grace
- Music, Dementia, Technology: Designing new musical technologies for older adults' wellbeing
- NHS CaRE Project
- Noise Solution
- Ombri
- Play and See
- Place4Hope
- Arts4Us
- Screen-based Artworks at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital
- Shifting Landscapes-VR immersive performance experience for hospitalised Children and Young People
- Soul Paint
- Soundwalk in South East London
- Talk Town
- The Heart of the Matter
- Virtual reality (VR) use during intrauterine device (IUD) procedures – a London experience.
- VR-Melody
- Zeitgeist
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health
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.
