24.06.2026
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Arts-led joined Arts and Health PHD scholarship. A collaboration between the Leeds School of Arts/Creative Arts and Health Research Lab (CAHREL) and the School of Health/Centre for Health Promotion Research (CHPR).
Children and families accessing paediatric healthcare often face complex emotional, social, and physical challenges. Creative health and social prescribing approaches (including participatory arts and digital technologies) are increasingly recognised for their potential to improve wellbeing, communication, and health outcomes.
The UK government’s 10-Year Health Plan officially entitled Fit for the Future and published in July 2025, sets out a vision to transition the NHS from an analogue, hospital-centric system to a digital-first, community-based service by 2035. Backed by £29 billion in investment, the plan aims to tackle the “five big bets” of digital healthcare: Data, AI, Genomics, Wearables and Robotics.
This PhD, based at Leeds Beckett University, builds on existing research in Applied Theatre and Creative Health to explore how Arts and digital creative methods and tools can be integrated into healthcare settings and/or support social prescribing in the community to better support children and families who have health conditions and/ or are in contact with paediatric healthcare.
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
For more information and application details please visit: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research-degrees-and-research-students/studentships/health/creative-health-in-paediatric-care
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