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Sunday May 15, 2-3.30pm
Join futurists, architects, clinicians and urban designers for a series of talks at the British Library as we discover how to make our cities healthier and happier after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sunday May 15, 4-5.45pm
Attend this special event celebrating the winning and shortlisted films from the 2022 World Health Organization Health for All Film Festival.
Browse the programme
May12-2022
Join a tour of the Royal Society of Medicine Library
The RSM is home to one of the largest and most up-to-date medical libraries in Europe. Join this free 30-minute guided tour which will include an introduction to the home of the Royal Society of Medicine at 1 Wimpole St and a guided tour of the Library.
Royal Society of Medicine
Free
May12-2022
Dementia-Friendly Health and History Walk of Cally Park
Join this Health and History walk around Caledonian Park in Islington with a special welcome for those living with dementia and their carers. We'll have a cuppa before we set off, walk and talk for about an hour and then there will be a chance to play skittles at the end.
Caledonian Park
Free
May12-2022
Life is Sad and Beautiful – an evening with Hussain Manawer
Join poet and mental health campaigner Hussain Manawer as he talks to ITV’s Ben Shephard about Mental Health Week and his new book Life is Sad and Beautiful. The evening will feature live performances of poetry from Hussain.
St James's Church
Free
May12-2022
Guided tour of the Medicinal Plant Garden at the Royal College of Physicians
The RCP garden of medicinal plants is unique in that almost every one of the over 1000 species of plant here has a link to medicine. Join a guided tour with the Garden Fellow at the Royal College of Physicians and visit this wonderful space in the centre of London.
Royal College of Physicians
Free
May12-2022
‘A taste of one’s own medicine’: exhibition and tour
Explore our exhibition, ‘A taste of one’s own medicine: medical satire at the Royal College of Physicians’, with an expert guide. Discover the enduring appeal of satirical images, and how doctors have been ridiculed, reprimanded and maligned for centuries.
Royal College of Physicians
Free
May12-2022
Join a tour of the British Red Cross Museum
The British Red Cross Museum showcases items relating to the organisation’s humanitarian and medical work from 1870 to the present day. Join us for a tour highlighting the fascinating items on display - from a WW1 first aid kit to a 1940s health education poster.
British Red Cross Museum
Free
May12-2022
In Conversation with Nursing Pioneers: Nursing and Politics
Join a panel of nursing experts chaired by the WHO's Jim Campbell to find out why we all need to think more about nursing and politics in this virtual event.
Virtual Event
Free
May12-2022
For the Care of the Sick: A Brief History of Old St Thomas’ Hospital
Join Monica A. Walker, Ph.D. in Art History, in this virtual event to discover the fascinating history of how Old St Thomas’ Hospital firmly established London Bridge as a centre of a medical culture that still is developing as you read this.
Virtual Event
May12-2022
Celebrate the reopening of the Florence Nightingale Museum
On Thursday 12th May 2022 the Florence Nightingale Museum will be reopening to the public, following it’s covid-enforced closure. Join us to learn more about the life and work of the world’s most famous nurse.
Florence Nightingale Museum
£8 / £4
May12-2022
Florence Nightingale’s London – Walking Tour
Join an expert-led walking tour and follow in the footsteps of the 'mother of nursing' and discover the life of Florence Nightingale through the places where she lived and worked finish at her memorial statue where we'll be laying flowers to celebrate Florence's 202nd birthday.
Meet at corner of Park Lane and South Street
£16
May12-2022
Plants and Our Mental Health
Join Claudia Hammond and guests to discuss the relationship between plants and our mental health, inspired by Wellcome Collection’s new major exhibition ‘Rooted Beings’. The event will be recorded live with an audience and broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Wellcome Collection
Free
May12-2022
It’s Freezing in LA! Climate and Health Issue Launch
Join an evening of film and discussion exploring climate change and health at Central Saint Martins University to mark the launch of a special issue of It’s Freezing in LA! Hear from scientists, writers and artists and see a specially curated series of short films.
Central Saint Martins
£10
May13-2022
St John Ambulance: A Victorian Masterpiece
Explore the galleries and spectacular Victorian interiors of St John’s Gate, and discover how St John Ambulance became an international movement. From world wars to royal jubilees, learn about the heroes and innovators who brought first aid to the public and changed the way we think about first response medical care.
Museum of the Order of St John
Free
May13-2022
See how medicine and art come together in ‘Artbeats’
Join a tour of Imperial College's 'Artbeats' exhibition to find out how medical students use creative approaches to research social and cultural issues in medicine.
Imperial College (Blyth Gallery)
Free
May13-2022
Learn about 900 years of medical history at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Join this tour of the historic St Bartholomew's Hospital to learn about Britain's oldest hospital still providing medical services on the site on which it was originally built in 1123.
St Bartholomew's Hospital
from £10
May13-2022
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Various locations across London
Free
May14-2022
See a different side of Soho on a medical walking tour
Join this walking tour and explore the “village” of Soho to hear the impact and influence of the medical men who cared for the many diverse peoples who lived and worked in this fascinating and perhaps little-known part of London.
Walking tour around Soho
£10
May14-2022
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 30,000 people across the UK suffer a heart attack outside hospital - the equivalent of one every 15 minutes. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Various locations across London
Free
May14-2022
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find the cures. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Draughts (Waterloo)
Free
May15-2022
Celebrate the winning entries from the WHO Health for All Film Festival
Join us at the British Library for a special event celebrating the winning and shortlisted films from the 2022 World Health Organization Health for All Film Festival. We'll watch the winning films and be joined by filmmakers and guests.
British Library
Free
May15-2022
Healthy Cities: How do we make London healthier and happier after Covid-19?
Join us for this special series of talks at the British Library as we discover how to make our cities healthier and happier after the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from leading experts as we take you on a journey to a healthier London of the future.
British Library
Free
May15-2022
Lee Miller: Nurses – Photography Exhibition
View this exhibition of iconic photographer Lee Miller at Fitzrovia Chapel presenting 12 of her images from her pioneering photography reporting on World War II. The images chosen celebrate the essential role of nurses in this period and explore the spectrum of friendship, romance, daily life and tragedy of these women at war.
Fitzrovia Chapel
Free
May15-2022
Comedy and Pizza for Mental Health
Kotch Pizza and The Depressed Baker in Leytonstone have teamed up to host a fantastic Pizza & Comedy night to support local LGBT charity ELOP with mental health inside the community.
Kotch Pizza
May15-2022
Love and its emotional implications
Join four brilliant international academics at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre as they unveil the neurobiology and psychology behind various types of love and how love shapes our lives.
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
Free
More events coming – check back soon!
