My work as a Bevan Fellow
Bevan Fellow Jenna Tugwell-Allsup, a Research Radiographer at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, shares her journey to date.
Bevan Fellows address and support local health needs, improve clinical practice and health outcomes via the practical application of the Prudent Healthcare Principles.
“To have this type of peer support and critical friends is really important when you are pushing for something that might be out of most peoples’ comfort-zone.”
Dr Chris Subbe, Bevan Fellows Steering Group
Applications to become a Bevan Fellow are accepted twice per year. The next call for applicants will open on 6 March 2023. The closing date is 14 April 2023.
Successful applicants will be informed on 15 May 2023 and will be expected to start on 3 July 2023.
Bevan Fellows are health and care professionals, clinicians, managers, and doctors in training who want to influence and make a difference in leading change and transformation through their work. They help to bridge the gap between clinical services and academia by taking a practical and action based approach in leading and driving change supported by research, evidence, education and training to demonstrate impact.
Catalysing and demonstrating change and innovation is essential in supporting a dynamic and sustainable health and care system for the future. As a Fellow your insight and knowledge will contribute to the breadth and depth of knowledge of the Bevan Commission when providing strategic and policy advice to the Minister for Health and Social Services.
Bevan Fellows learn by doing – in doing so you contribute to creating new knowledge through your work that advances and informs new services, techniques, methods and approaches consistent with prudent health and care.
Bevan Fellows address and support local health needs, improve clinical practice and health outcomes via the practical application of the Prudent Healthcare Principles.
Bevan Fellows will normally inform practice or process development, often at local level, and within their speciality. They will usually be individuals who are early in their careers who are keen to explore opportunities to broaden their perspectives, work and thinking. Bevan Fellows will be seeking develop their portfolio of experiences, build their skills and capabilities, and looking to formalise their Continuous Professional Development.
Bevan Senior Fellows will normally be more advanced in their careers, have cross-organisational or pan-Wales responsibilities and seek wider opportunities to influence and impact upon national, regional policy or strategy.
Bevan Fellow Jenna Tugwell-Allsup, a Research Radiographer at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, shares her journey to date.
The Bevan Fellows Programme is overseen and monitored y a steering group made up of a range of experts from across Wales. Bevan Fellows address a range of topics with an overall aim of improving theirs and others’ practice and health outcomes via the practical application of the Prudent Healthcare Principles. Bevan Fellows are health and care professionals who want to influence and make a difference in leading change and transformation through their work. They help to bridge the gap between clinical services and academia by taking a practical and action-based approach in leading and driving change supported by research, evidence, education and training to demonstrate impact.
The Steering Group:
Membership
Role | Name | Organisation |
Chair | Kamila Hawthorne | Royal College Of General Practitioners |
Programme Organiser | Claire ONeill | Bevan Commission |
Bevan Commission Representatives | Helen Howson Tom Howson Leo Lewis | Bevan Commission |
NHS Representatives | Rachel Gemine Nigel Rees Mark Taubert Chris Subbe Sion Charles | Digital Health and Care Wales Wales Ambulance Services NHS Trust Velindre NHS Trust Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Hywel Dda University Health Board |
HEI Representatives | John Parkinson Rachel Rahman Steve Riley | Bangor University Aberystwyth University Cardiff University |