The Healing Foundation
The Healing Foundation is a national fundraising charity established in 1999 to champion the cause of people living with disfigurement and visible loss of function by funding research into pioneering surgical and psychological healing techniques.
BSSH is one of six leading medical associations that act as ‘Principal Members’ of the charity, closely involved in its management and defining the Foundation’s research strategy. Many of the Healing Foundation’s research priorities are relevant to the clinical management of Hand Surgery patients. These include a significant three year study into the psychological aspects of disfigurement and a study into the information needs of patients with disfigurement and visible loss of function. The Healing Foundation has also established a Chair of Tissue Regeneration at the University of Manchester and a Chair of Burn Injury Study hosted jointly by Cardiff University and Swansea NHS Trust (Morriston Hospital); both initiatives offer hope for Hand Surgery patients of the future.
More specifically, as a major proponent of research in hand surgery, the Healing Foundation has recently awarded a two-year research fellowship in Hand Surgery. Details of this award can be found at the Healing Foundation website. Further information is also available on funding currently available to support further research in this area.