Sallie Varnam is the Creative Health and Heritage Senior Project Manager at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and Development Manager for BrightSparks Arts in Health CIO. Together with Dr Nuala Morse, associate professor at the University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies, Sallie is developing the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Creative Health Network.
Sallie manages UHL’s art and heritage collections and develops projects using these to support health and wellbeing outcomes for patients and staff. Sallie’s role entails working across strategic partnerships with universities, local authorities, cultural and VCSE organisations to develop and deliver creative health programmes to support health and wellbeing outcomes in staff, patients and the general public.