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Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda i chi! We hope you've enjoyed our #BevanChristmasSparks series, celebrating the fantastic work of our #BevanExemplars and #BevanFellows in 2025. We look forward to more innovation and collaboration in 2026!

Congratulations to today’s #BevanChristmasSparks Lucy Brown and Joanne Edwards, our #BevanExemplars who won Social Care Wales’ prestigious Working in Partnership Award 2025 with Connecting Carmarthenshire. Read more about the Early Doors project here: https://ow.ly/hHCa50XN5z5

It’s the final week of our #BevanChristmasSparks and the spotlight is on Christian Lambert and Dr Cat Cromey from Swansea Bay UHB, who won the Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru 2025 - Digital and Technology Innovation. Read about the OWLI platform here: https://ow.ly/sHeh50XN47X

Did you know that today’s #BevanChristmasSpark was previously a professional viola player? Find out about #BevanFellow EstherGoodhew, a finalist in Advancing Healthcare Awards Cymru 2025 - New Ways of Working, for her advocacy of music in stroke rehabilitation. https://ow.ly/6ToP50XMXiz

Our #BevanChristmasSparks series continues with Consultant Gynaecologist and #BevanFellow Alan Treharne of @HywelDdaUHB, who won a Hywel Applause Award for Innovation and Excellence 2025 👏 Find out more and read Mr Treharne’s blog about health reform on our website ⬇️ https://ow.ly/l5AK50XMS4a

Today’s #BevanChristmasSparks spotlight is on #BevanExemplar and Clinical Specialist Therapist Meghan White, a finalist in the Working Across Boundaries category, Advancing Healthcare Awards 2025. Read more about Meghan's community occupational therapy service pilot ⬇️ https://ow.ly/hXxn50XMenE

Senior #BevanFellow Dr Inderpal Singh has already appeared in our #BevanChristmasSparks series as a finalist in the St David Awards, but did you know he also won the Leadership Award at the NHS Wales Awards this year? Find out more about his work here! ⬇️ https://ow.ly/CbJS50XKQSQ

Today’s #BevanChristmasSparks are Dr Prateek Verma and Dr Michael Slattery from our Cohort 9 #BevanExemplars, who were finalists in the Association of Anaesthetists’ Award for Innovation in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain. Read about their mixed reality project here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/Vktf50XKrCo

Our #BevanChristmasSparks continue with the winners of the Learning and Research Award at the NHS Wales Awards 2025 - Dr Nimit Goyal, Dr Rebecca Wallace and Mr Andrew S Miller. You can find out more about their project on our website! ⬇️ https://ow.ly/qhQY50XKqa1

Today’s #BevanChristmasSparks were finalists in not one, but two prestigious awards this year! Read more about #BevanExemplars Elizabeth Hallett and Kayleigh Poulsom’s project to review medication and reduce clinical waste in nursing homes here: https://ow.ly/vxp950XJGzu

Our #BevanChristmasSparks continue with DFEET – the Diabetic Foot Emergency Early Triage Service, by Helen Golledge, Morgan Jones and Vanessa Goulding. They won the Best Diabetic Foot Intervention Award at the Journal of Wound Care Awards 2025 - read more here! ⬇️ https://ow.ly/hNN850XImxv

On day 13 of our #BevanChristmasSparks the spotlight is on Elisabeth Davies, a #BevanExemplar and a Service of the Year finalist at the NHS Wales Sustainability Awards for her work enabling patients with Genetic Haemochromatosis (GH) to donate blood. Find out more! ⬇️ https://ow.ly/YzeZ50XIlCO

Today's #BevanChristmasSparks are #BevanExemplars Sheelagh Rogers and Nagham Katif, who were shortlisted in the NHS Wales Sustainability Awards 2025 – Acting as One Team for improving sustainable dentistry in Wales. Read about their project here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/jWNH50XI3tk

Our #BevanChristmasSparks continue with #BevanFellow Claire Turbutt, member of the Local Public Health team which won the Inclusion and Respect Award in the annual Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Seren Awards 2025. Read more about Claire’s work on our website ⬇️ https://bevancommission.org/claire-turbutt/

On day 10 of our #BevanChristmasSparks we celebrate Senior #BevanFellow Dr Inderpal Singh, a Consultant Geriatrician at Aneurin Bevan UHB and a finalist in the St David Awards 2025 for his work improving osteoporosis care across Wales. Read more! ⬇️ https://bevancommission.org/dr-inderpal-singh/

We're celebrating #BevanFellow and Consultant Gynaecologist Alan Treharne, a Service of the Year finalist in the NHS Wales Sustainability Awards 2025 for his work promoting women’s health across Hywel Dda UHB. Read more here ⬇️ #BevanChristmasSparks https://bevancommission.org/alan-treharne/

Congratulations to the POPS Service team, who have won the MediWales Scaling Up Innovation and Transformation Award 👏 The win marks day 8 of our #BevanChristmasSparks celebrating health innovation in Wales. Read more about the POPS Service here: https://ow.ly/eIK250XFy5a

On day 7 of our #BevanChristmasSparks we’re celebrating #BevanFellow and orthopaedic registrar Faisal Mohammed, a finalist at the NHS Wales Awards 2025 – Information Award. Faisal developed a sustainable trauma management and handover tool - read more! ⬇️ https://bevancommission.org/faisal-mohammed/

Today’s star in our #BevanChristmasSparks series is #BevanExemplar Sheiladen Aquino of Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB, winner of the NHS Wales Awards 2025 - Timely Care Award for improving care for patients with difficulty swallowing. Read about her collaborative approach here! ⬇️ https://ow.ly/OYL850XCGZ2

We’re celebrating Advent with our #BevanChristmasSparks, the innovators improving healthcare in Wales. On day 5, meet Dr Gareth Morgan, an NHS Wales Sustainability Awards finalist for his work on housing and health ⬇️ https://bevancommission.org/building-bridges-between-housing-and-health/

On day 4 of our #BevanChristmasSparks the spotlight is on the Wales Rare Disease Implementation Network, winners of the Welsh Healthcare Awards - Excellence in Healthcare and Innovation for their work supporting young people with rare diseases and their families. https://ow.ly/GOfx50XBSvx

On day 3 of our #BevanChristmasSparks countdown we celebrate #BevanExemplars Jessica Rees and Gaynor Slocombe @CwmTafMorgannwg for improving diabetic foot care review times and being finalists in the Quality in Care Diabetes Awards 2025! Read the full story here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/AcBO50XBj5k

Our #BevanChristmasSparks countdown continues with #BevanExemplar Gareth Chapple, an NHS Wales Awards 2025 finalist for his work embedding a pharmacist within the cardiology multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in Swansea Bay University Health Board. More here! ⬇️ https://ow.ly/S9VM50XAMN6

Join our #BevanChristmasSparks countdown by celebrating the innovation of #BevanExemplars, inc Hywel Dda UHB Lessons in Asthma team. They won the NHS Wales Sustainability Award 2025 Prevention in Healthcare for improving respiratory conditions in primary pupils. bevancommission.org/improving-as...

Have you read our latest bulletin? There's great news to share from our Bevan Exemplars, Fellows, Innovators & programmes that are all making a real difference. From winning awards & seeing research published to sharing innovations on an international stage. us14.campaign-archive.com?u=e37a5098c9...

We heard from Tom Howson, Head of Innovation and Transformation at the @bevancommission.bsky.social on the future of perioperative care in Wales. The Waiting Well Model aims to use preoperative optimisation to turn waiting lists into preparation lists helping improve outcomes for patients.

👏 Congrats to #BevanFellow Andrew Cooper on publishing Under Investigation: Transforming Disciplinary Practice in the Workplace. Co‑edited with Dr Adrian Neal it focuses on the harm disciplinary processes can cause for employees, investigators, teams & reputation. bevancommission.org/andrew-cooper/

Smarter care for older patients = better outcomes AND shorter waiting lists. The Perioperative Care of Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) in Wales is a game-changer. See how it works: bevancommission.org/establishing... #AdoptSpreadAndEmbed

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