About the Arts Programme at NUH
The programme is designed to support the wellbeing and mental health of patients, staff and visitors across Nottingham City Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham Children’s Hospital and Ropewalk House. From creating new scenic corridors with painted murals and galleries of art to holding interactive workshops for people to get involved in, since its launch, the programme has been a huge success.
The Arts Programme helps to organise a wide range of creative sessions from music for patients on the stroke ward to poetry to celebrate World Kindness Day, our Arts Programme works hard to support areas with visual arts enhancement.
This means working closely with the Staff Wellbeing team and ward managers, to add all different art forms to their already outstanding programmes and support.
You can read more about the submission on the NUH website.
Recent activities delivered by the Arts Programme
Paintings in hospitals
A new project to brighten up corridors throughout the hospitals, with artwork chosen by patients and staff themselves.
Dementia Choir
One focus for the Arts Programme is how creativity can support patients with Dementia. This included a visit from Vicky McClure’s Dementia Choir.
Kindness Haikus for staff
As part of Random Acts of Kindness Week, a poet and illustrator was invited onto campus to spread a little joy among NUH staff.
Duck and Octopus are helping young patients with hearing loss navigate the halls of Ropewalk House.
Special photography sessions allow staff to look at the hospitals through a lens of a camera.
Staff from Nottingham hospitals got together for a special celebration for 75 years of the NHS with some special murals around the hospitals.
Special sessions allowed staff to take an hour out of their day to create their own unique pottery pieces
