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Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for TIG Fellowship in Hand Surgery.
- Leadership as published
- Lead trainers listed on the JCST Hand Surgery page include Ian Grant (Cambridge); Robert Farnell (Leeds); Vivien Lees (Manchester and Salford); Timothy Crowley (Newcastle); Adrian Chojnowski (Norfolk and Norwich); James Henderson and Greg Pickering (North Bristol and Bath); Ian McNab (Oxford); Oliver Stone (Royal Devon); Meg Birks (Sheffield); Philippa Rust (Edinburgh); Dean Boyce (Swansea Bay); Sam George (University Hospitals Birmingham); Peter Russell (Derby and Burton); Kunal Kulkarni and Reena Agarwal (Leicester); C.Y. Ng (Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh). JCST notes that not all units will be available or accepting a fellow.
- Evidence reviewed
- 15 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Joint Committee on Surgical Training / BSSH Training Interface Group
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
TIG Fellowship in Hand Surgery
The UK interface fellowship in hand surgery for plastic or orthopaedic surgeons, now affected by the withdrawal of central NHS England funding.
- Location
- Approved UK units (Edinburgh and Swansea currently unaffected by funding withdrawal), United Kingdom
- Duration
- 12 months full-time (or pro rata, minimum 60%)
- Clinical participation
- Full-time clinical training post
- International applicants
- Designed for UK trainees completing specialty training
- Funding
- Central NHS England funding withdrawn; no new England posts centrally appointed in 2026
- Application timing
- Not publicly listed
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Posts normally start in August; selection normally begins in October
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
CCT (or final-year trainees achieving CCT before start), a passed Intercollegiate Specialty Board exam and ideally completion of training within the previous two years.
Published training
- Advanced hand surgery
- Approved TIG unit training
- Competitive national selection
- Consultant-level preparation
Application route
Recruitment is centrally managed with competitive interview and TPD endorsement; confirm which posts are recruiting given the funding change.
Published application documents
- Out-of-Programme Training (OOPT) form completed by the trainee and their Training Programme Director (available from the Deanery website)
- Referees, one of whom must be the trainee's current Training Programme Director
Official society listing · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026
Official sources
Source review: 15 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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