The Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025 has been produced by the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) in partnership with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
It brings together a diverse body of research, evaluation and strategic documentation to make creative health evidence more visible and accessible to practitioners, commissioners, policymakers, researchers and community organisations alike.
Executive Summary:
The Executive Summary provides a concise overview of key themes, insights, and implications emerging from the 2025 submissions. It is designed to support practitioners, policymakers, commissioners, and system leaders to engage with the evidence and understand how creative health approaches are being applied across healthcare, community, and public health settings.
Download the Executive Summery and Full Report
The Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025 event on Wednesday 28th January 2026 brought together researchers, practitioners, and organisations to showcase and reflect on creative health research published during 2025, this first annual round-up highlights the breadth, quality, and real-world relevance of creative health evidence across the UK.
The open call invited submissions including peer-reviewed articles, reports, evaluations, and grey literature with a UK-based application. All submissions were required to be publicly accessible (or accompanied by accessible summaries) and to include a short lay summary explaining their relevance for practice.
