How
Creative health is increasingly recognised as a driver of better care and better value in health and care systems. Integrating creative health into prevention, public and population health strategies, management of long-term conditions, treatment and recovery pathways contributes to:
- Reduced incidence of preventable illness
- Improved wellbeing of patients and service users
- Reduced demand on services
Many Integrated Care Systems and providers already incorporate creative health in physical and mental healthcare, social care, and public health, delivering measurable social and economic value.
Find out more about implementing creative health in your service, organisation or system from the resources below.
NCCH has worked in partnership with NHS England to develop a Creative Health Toolkit. The Toolkit support systems to work with the assets in their communities and to develop their own approach.
NCCH publishes a monthly creative health newsletter created for professionals working across health and care. Subscribe here.
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Creative health in practice
Creative health benefits patients, service users, health and care professionals and delivers significant return on investment in many areas. Here are some practical examples – with evidence –where creative health is already an integral part of care systems and delivery.
Implementing creative health
Creative health is already embedded in many health and care systems and providers across the UK. This section provides focused information for people working in specific roles. These guides answer questions and demonstrate how creative health can form part of a strategic approach and clinical and delivery pathways.
Case Studies
Discover a selection of case studies which showcase creative health work which has been commissioned by/or worked in partnership with NHS organisations, local authorities, and other Integrated Care Systems partners to plan and deliver creative health work for health and care services.
For our entire library of creative health case studies click here
Professional perspectives and experience
Hear directly from health and care professionals who have successfully implemented creative health in their systems, services or care settings.
Links and Resources
There is more information, examples and guidance in the following resources:
Creative Health Toolkit
Creative Health Review
Creative Health Quality Framework
Case Studies