Pharmacy Special Interest Group (SIG)
Welcome to our Pharmacy Special Interest Group (SIG) for Creative Health.
The Pharmacy SIG is Chaired by Dr Ranjita Dhital (University College London) and members of the steering group. The National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) is the Secretariat for the Pharmacy SIG.
The Pharmacy SIG aims to:
- Create an exciting platform to share new creative possibilities for pharmacy across diverse health and social care communities.
- Innovate Creative Health in pharmacy practice, education, research and policy development.
- Promote health and wellbeing of the pharmacy workforce through creative and compassionate practice.
We hold online events to share experiences of research, education, and practice to grow arts in pharmacy, including social prescribing. The group will share news of creative arts-health events, resources, conferences, publications, and other outputs.
Pharmacy SIG Terms of Reference (ToR)
Our Vision
To advocate for Creative Health in pharmacy practice, education and research culture.
Our Aims
- Become a dynamic global hub to promote Creative Health for pharmacy
- Innovate Creative Health in pharmacy practice, education, research and policy development.
Our Objectives
We will work collectively to:
- Share and advance Creative Health practices for pharmacy across diverse health and social care settings in the UK and globally.
- Stimulate the integration of Creative Health for pharmacy practice, education, research, and policy development.
- Integrate creative and interdisciplinary research approaches to advance pharmacy education and practice.
- Enhance arts and cultural understanding for pharmacy sectors.
- Promote health and wellbeing of the pharmacy workforce through creative and compassionate practice.
- Advocate for the integration of Creative Health for pharmacy professional development and training.
Year One Priorities (2026)
- Establish an active steering group for Pharmacy SIG
- Launch an online network map of Creative Health pharmacy projects.
- Develop one-year online programme of events, this could be quarterly related to Creative Health topics
- Scope and set up a Creative Health Pharmacy newsletter/podcast
- Provide a briefing to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Arts-Health APPG on the SIG’s contribution to pharmacy by end of the year (Dec 2026).
Membership
Open to all members of the pharmacy workforce from any setting, and pharmacy students from UK and globally, this includes pharmacists (including retired pharmacists), those representing pharmacy teams or working with pharmacists/pharmacy students, clinical practitioners, and those with pharmacy training. We are an inclusive group — so those interested to imbed creative thinking into pharmacy in the UK and globally are very welcome.
If you would like to become a member of the Pharmacy SIG please sign up here to be added to the Pharmacy SIG Membership and receive the network emails and information >>
We do monitor those signing up to the Pharmacy SIG, so the membership scope and remit stay relevant to Pharmacy professional practice.
Steering Group Member (From our ToR)
- Host and manage one online event per year with support from NCCH (i.e., invite and arrange speaker)
- To arrange in person event (annually)
- Participate and contribute to SIG meetings
- Contribute to the development of the Pharmacy SIG (i.e., other events, newsletter etc)
- The steering group will comprise of students, patients, various practitioners from pharmacy and other settings.
If you are interested to host a session, please email our NCCH General Manager Alexis Butt to arrange this info@ncch.org.uk. We can share a meeting link and publicise the event. Join us to start the Pharmacy Creative Health movement.
