Discover the power of Disability Arts!🌟 Join 'Disrupting the Norm' at York Explore on Dec 5, 6-7:30pm, with Pyramid and York Creatives 🗣️ Book your free spot: tickettailor.com/events/explore… #YorkDisabilityWeek2024 #ExploreTogether #LetsCreate #YDW24

Dramatic drop (9% in one year) in children reading for pleasure. Reading ability affected. Perhaps having local places loaning books for free would help? Invest in them then Lisa Nandy MP ⁦Chris Bryant⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

Are you interested in using art in medical education and in creative health? Are you a GP Trainee in Y&H? Then take a look at this exciting leadership opportunity with the Future Leaders Programme NHS England North The National Centre for Creative Health Royal College of General Practitioners yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/recruitment/fu…

For #StressAwarenessDay, we revisit our podcast on how living with chronic stress due to deprivation, poverty or poor-quality housing can make us physically ill. How do these stressors weather our health and what can be done? Listen now 🔽 health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

"Art is a form of reflection on my career as an ICU physician. In this painting, I tried to capture the contrast between the technical aspects of medicine & the emotional reality of losing a loved one."— Zeina Moukarzel, MD,MPH,MHA🩺 Heidi Gawish Pia Maria Ghanimé McGill Programs in Whole Person Care tinyurl.com/3kpnjrr6

Did you miss our Creative Health Education Review webinar hosted by Royal Society for Public Health? Dr Ranjita Dhital & Dr Claire Howlin Special Interest Group in Arts, Health & Wellbeing shared their findings on how the arts are being integrated into medical, nursing, pharmacy & allied health education. Catch up youtu.be/q_jWWzovAvM

Time for a bit of culture: National Theatre is hosting Nye on YouTube for ‘free’ (but please DONATE) 7-11 November #NHS youtu.be/hpN--d5bXSY?si…

Remembering everyone impacted by war. A beautifully curated and performed collection of music, poetry and song. Thank you

Amazing films If you are not in York you can buy a pass to watch virtually. Aesthetica Magazine AestheticaFilmFest The National Centre for Creative Health

York Disability Week 2024 is almost here ✨ Join us Nov 29-Dec 4 for Shush, Snip, Rip - an exhibition and series of talks and workshops celebrating Disability Arts. Free entry! More info: exploreyork.org.uk/york-disabilit… York Disability Week York Creatives #LetsCreate #YorkDisabilityWeek2024

Look whats happening York Medical Society in January for all local health professionals and medical students - book your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-m…

Something of interest for HYMS GPSoc RCGPYorks Academy of Primary Care @ Hull York Medical School Kevin Anderson

A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Creative Health is launching on 26 Nov!  The NCCH will provide the secretariat for the APPG, so our Director has been reflecting on the development of the 'creative health' field over the last 10 yrs ncch.org.uk/blog/creative-…

The programme this year involves events on some Fridays, some Wednesdays and also a range of social events. For the full programme see here: yorkmedsoc.org/events/current… If you are interested in becoming a member please contact [email protected]

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Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds via ⁦Dr Daisy Fancourt⁩ theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

A few free tickets left for our first exciting event- The Art of Medicine Seminars – The Drama of Life - All local healthcare professionals and medical students are welcome to book yorkmedsoc.org/event/the-art-…

What a tremendous evening with Playback Theatre York Medical Society

Playback Theatre York were ‘an astonishing experience’ at our first seminar The Drama of Life- connecting clinicians, sharing stories, taking a break from day-to-day life, merging art and science and remembering laughter is the best medicine. York Medical Society

So excited that Deb Alma Poetry Pharmacy 🚑💊📚🇪🇺 will be coming to our second Art of Medicine seminar in March and prescribing her poems, pills and potions. York Medical Society website for tickets and more information