
Above and Beyond Charities - The Charitable Trust for the United Bristol Hospitals
Helping UsThe Allan Brooking NHS Travel FellowshipAre you interested in identifying and visiting examples of innovative or good practice in non-clinical healthcare management? If so, and your employing organisation will give you the time off, we may be able to provide you with financial support up to £3,000 [to cover travel and accommodation costs either within the UK or abroad] The Fellowship provides opportunities for the educational development and enlargement of the professional knowledge, outlook and contribution of those involved in the non-clinical management of the NHS, by means of travel and other educational activities and, at the same time, provides a benefit to the NHS through the dissemination of experience and ideas. Fellowships are open to NHS managers in any discipline. [Note: Attendance at conferences, meetings or courses will not be supported] You need to:
Applications can be made at any time of the year, but the closing date before the next meeting of Fellowship Trustees is 21st June 2010.
Please write to: Guidance for writing the ReportThe report should be of value to both the Fellow's employer and to a wider audience who access the Fellowship's website. While we do not want to be prescriptive about the format of the report, we would like each report to contain the following three sections within whichever format the Fellow chooses to adopt:
It will be equally important to explain and document learning that derives from unfulfilled, initial expectations. Recent Reports funded by the Allan Brooking Fellowship2009A visit to St.Quentin, France, May 2009 to the EPODE Programme (Behavioural change in the areas of nutrition, diet and physical activity of children A visit to The Quality of Life Centre and a selection of Health Centres in Massachusetts to examine their management and quality systems A visit to McLeod Healthcare in South Carolina to learn how improvements have been made and sustained using methodologies originally used by Toyota in the Car Industry A visit to Florida to look at customer focused services A visit to Massachusetts Hospital to gain an understanding and insight into the management of the clinical journey through the operating theatre for large volumes of patients. A visit to Jamaica to visit projects working to tackle the issue of Transactional Sex A visit to Australia to visit the National Institute of Clinical Studies A visit to the "Go for your Life" Project in Melbourne, Australia [which aims to promote healthy eating and increase level of activity in those who are obese] A visit to New Zealand to explore the effectiveness of awards programmes as a means of spreading good practice across healthcare 2008Podiatry Teleconferencing in Hong Kong 26th July - 2nd July 2008 Perspectives of Healthcare Technology in Boston: A report of a visit by the NHS Technology Adoption Centre 10 – 14 March 2008 2007A visit to New York to examine best practice in fundraising in April 2007 Visit to RAND Centre for Adolescent Health Promotion in Los Angeles in March 2007 2006Visit to Duquesne University, Pittsburgh to look at how the current and future NHS workforce can become more flexible in the way in which patient care is delivered and reformed in December 2006 A visit to the USA to research cost containment principles and practice for healthcare managers in July 2006 A visit to Arizona in May 2006 to learn about the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System A visit to Australia in April 2006 to visit the only identified, comprehensive Young Adult Mental Health Service in the World 2005A visit to Australia in December 2005 to Professor Snowden into the care of older people and their mental health problems A visit to the healthcare services in Queensland, Australia in November 2005 to study new roles and working practices A visit to various units that specialise in urology emergency admissions in November 2005 A visit to Denmark in September 2005 to attend Wound Care Clinics |






