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Book Free Tickets for Our National Health Stories Live at Aviva Studios, Manchester
Join us for the culmination of Our National Health Stories on Thursday 23rd November
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Our National Health Stories Live
On Wednesday 22nd November, a day-long series of performances will take place consecutively in the 19 participating Trusts across England with NHS staff, telling their stories, in their own words. Curated by Kwame Kwei-Armah, and creative team, it will stitch together the multitude of personal stories collected during the six-month creative engagement programme to create […]
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Photographic Portraits
As part of their work for Our National Health Stories, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust worked with local photographer James Drury to document and create a portrait series of people from all corners of the trust. See some of the striking staff portraits below.
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A Choral Forest
Over 150 staff from Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have been gathering stories through music, visual arts, poetry, and crafts. During Covid a project called ‘the staff voice’ saw poems, stories, images collected together and specially written songs created. ‘A Choral Forest’ reimagined some of these stories as 5 beautiful tree sculptures, one for […]
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Watch ‘All Kinds of Bright’ a poem by Oxford University Hospitals
Trust Poet Beth Calverley collaborated with over 50 staff members from the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust creating a new poem called ‘All Kinds of Bright’ reflecting the experiences of staff and including words and stories from the staff themselves. Watch the film below of the poem.
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FOG – a poem by Susan Hunter Downer
On a recent visit to the Heritage Site at the Northern General Hospital, part of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, artist in residence, creative writer Susan Hunter Downer came across an intriguing folder full of collected stories from retired workers from the 1950’s onwards. This fascinating collection inspired Susan to write a poem about […]
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Staff stories, poignant poetry and paper art
An abundance of activity has been taking place at Oxford University Trust Foundation hospitals. See what staff have been writing, creating and gathering for the NHS 75th in the images below.
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust hosts The Poetry Machine
As part of their engagement with staff for Our National Health Stories, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has hosted Poet Beth Calverley and her magical Poetry Machine at Musgrove Park Hospital and Yeovil District Hospital this July, supported by Art For Life. Beth creates free poems by having a chat with participating hospital staff and asking […]
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Tune in to BBC Radio 4 tonight for a special programme inspired by Our National Health Stories
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 9pm tonight for a special programme, ‘The NHS at 75: Covid Memories’ inspired by Our National Health Stories.
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Meet the Creative Team
Our National Health Stories is led by Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah alongside a stellar creative team