National Centre for Creative Health

National Centre for Creative Health

• The National Centre for Creative Health  (NCCH) will advance good practice and research, inform policy and promote collaboration, helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and social care and wider systems.
• It was formed in response to the Creative Health report, the result of a two-year inquiry led by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. 
• NCCH priorities are: health inequalities; advancing good practice and research; informing policy; and promoting collaboration. NCCH are working with to create place-based ‘Hubs’, develop partnership and collaboration ‘Hives’ and co-produce creative learning in ‘Huddles’. 
• Evaluation of activities will be based on the NCCH Theory of Change.

Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health monitoring tool

Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health monitoring tool
PHE 16 July 2020 with updates

• National monitoring tool that brings together metrics to assess the wider impacts of COVID-19 on health. The monitoring tool collates metrics across a range of wider impacts to provide stakeholders with a single point of access. 
• The tool will be updated weekly and may include the addition of new metrics as they become available or data updates to metrics already included in the tool.

Individual and local area factors associated with self-reported wellbeing, perceived social cohesion and sense of attachment to one’s community

Individual and local area factors associated with self-reported wellbeing, perceived social cohesion and sense of attachment to one’s community: analysis of the Understanding Society Survey
What Works Wellbeing September 2019

• The findings reported here are from an analysis of data from the Understanding Society Survey (USS) which follows a large sample of people from across Britain over time. 
• This study was undertaken to examine questions likely to be especially relevant for those working in the field of public health intelligence, using small area statistics to identify localities where interventions may particularly need to be targeted in order to reduce inequalities in wellbeing across England.

Building healthier communities: the role of the NHS as an anchor institution

Building healthier communities: the role of the NHS as an anchor institution
Health Foundation August 2019

• Anchor institutions are large, public sector organisations that are unlikely to relocate and have a significant stake in a geographical area.
• This report identifies five ways in which NHS organisations act as anchor institutions: employment, procurement and commissioning for social value, use of capital and estates, environmental sustainability and as a partner in a place. 
• The conclusion sets out actions and opportunities for the NHS to harness its considerable influence to have an even greater impact on the health and wellbeing of communities.

Community-centred practice: applying All Our Health

Community-centred practice: applying All Our Health - Guidance
PHE 14 November 2018

• The core principles for healthcare professionals of community-centred approaches for improving the health and wellbeing of marginalised groups and vulnerable individuals.
• Includes action points for front line healthcare professionals, team leader/manager, senior/strategic leader and a discussion of approaches to understanding local needs and measuring impact.

NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework

NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework
NHS Employers, NHS England and NHS Improvement 16 May 2018

• NHS Health and Wellbeing Framework sets out the standards for what NHS organisations need to do to support staff feeling well, healthy and happy at work. 
• The framework, which focuses on organisational enablers and health interventions, is an interactive document which makes the case for staff health and wellbeing, setting out clear actionable steps and providing guidance on how organisations can plan and deliver a staff health and wellbeing plan.