On Monday two GP Trainees and I visited the amazing Dragon Café at St George’s Church, Borough, London. We experienced first hand the power of the arts to benefit the health and wellbeing of a local community. The Dragon Café is the flagship project of the Mental Fight Club. It is open to all every Monday …
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Health Education Yorkshire and Humber Future Leaders Programme (2019 Recruitment) The Future Leaders Programme offers opportunities for Health Education England Yorkshire and the Humber medical and dental trainees to do a one year “out of programme experience” (OOPE) Clinical Leadership Fellowship to help grow and develop their personal leadership skills. Applications for the 2019-20 Future Leaders Programme, will open …
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It’s great to read that the new Health and Social Care Secretary recognises and supports the work being done to harness the power of the arts to improve health and wellbeing. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock speaks to the King’s Fund about the benefits of social prescribing. His speech discusses “The power of …
I launched my website after attending a great day of teaching with ‘Pootle Press’. (thanks Jamie) The first collection of creative arts resources (resilience) is now complete. I like to think visually and my resilience is boosted by surrounding myself with positive images. I am particularly inspired by this photo of an amazing sculpture by Paige Bradley. …