Creative Health Quality Framework
January 1st, 2026
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA), Jane Willis, Victoria Hume
The Creative Health Quality Framework, developed by the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA), outlines eight quality principles to guide the planning, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of arts and health initiatives. Developed collaboratively to support person-centred, equitable, and evidence-informed practice across the creative, cultural, and health sectors.
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The Creative Health Quality Framework (2023), developed by the Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA), provides practical guidance for delivering high-quality creative health practice.
The framework outlines eight quality principles—Person-Centred, Equitable, Safe, Creative, Collaborative, Realistic, Reflective, and Sustainable—and a Quality Cycle that supports the planning, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of creative health programmes.
Co-produced with practitioners, researchers, health partners, funders, and people with lived experience, it is designed to help organisations, practitioners, commissioners, and policymakers embed person-centred, equitable, and evidence-informed practice across the creative, cultural, and health sectors. Rather than assessing or ranking projects, the framework promotes reflection, collaboration, and continuous learning to improve participant experiences and health outcomes.
The framework outlines eight quality principles—Person-Centred, Equitable, Safe, Creative, Collaborative, Realistic, Reflective, and Sustainable—and a Quality Cycle that supports the planning, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of creative health programmes.
Co-produced with practitioners, researchers, health partners, funders, and people with lived experience, it is designed to help organisations, practitioners, commissioners, and policymakers embed person-centred, equitable, and evidence-informed practice across the creative, cultural, and health sectors. Rather than assessing or ranking projects, the framework promotes reflection, collaboration, and continuous learning to improve participant experiences and health outcomes.
