Channel 4 News feature
By
Helen Snell
2025
31 August, 2025 Channel 4 news Feature
The Covid Canvas – An artist’s view behind the scenes in the NHS
https://www.channel4.com/news/the-covid-canvas-an-artists-view-behind-the-scenes-in-the-nhs
Victoria Macdonald Health and Social Care Editor, Channel 4 News
Art in hospitals is becoming ever more popular but an exhibition at Torbay Hospital in Devon has opened the doors on a world not often seen. As they emerged from covid, artist Helen Snell worked with staff often hidden from public view.
The result is a powerful portrait of the NHS and those who work in it. Our health and social care editor Victoria Macdonald has been to talk to those who collaborated on this project.
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