Hippocrates Initiative for Poetry and Medicine

The Hippocrates initiative for poetry and medicine includes

- annual international and NHS-related award

- annual international symposia where the Hippocrates awards are presented

- an international research forum

- related publications

The Hippocrates initiative received the 2011 Times Higher Education Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts.

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Awards for the 2011 International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine

Awards for the 2010 International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine

2010: Top 6 awards

Podcast of Open 1st prize winner CK Stead reading his award-winning poem Ischaemia.

2010: Top 300 entries 

Press, radio and publications arising from the 2010 Hippocrates Prize
20.3.10 Lancet article on Poetry and Medicine
23.3.10 Radio 4 Today Interview with John Humphrys 
23.3.10 BBC World Service Newshour Interview with Claire Bolderson
24.3.10 The Independent on the Prize Shortlist - 'Verse that will make you feel better'

Full 2010 Symposium programme

2010 Symposium topics included
poetry in medical settings (oncology, HIV-AIDS, heart disorders, childhood illness ...); doctor poets (William Carlos Williams); poets inspired by personal illness and medical themes (Jiri Wolker); poetry in the consultation; creative health professionals; medical inspirations for poetry (anatomy; poisoning in Shakespeare's writings ...).

Hippocrates Prize for poetry and medicine awards announced?
See Hippocrates Poetry website for top 6 awards, top 20 commended NHS-related entries and top 20 commended Open international entries, announced on Saturday 10th April, 2010 during the International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine at Warwick Arts Centre.

Who presented the 2010 awards?
The awards were presented by the 2010 judges:
- broadcaster and journalist James Naughtie
- NHS Medical Director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh
- poet Dannie Abse.