OFFICIAL ORGANISATION EVIDENCE

BSSH Fellowships

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

BSSH publishes a UK hand-surgery fellowship planning list and explicitly warns that not all listings are current. Ordinary rows are not presented as BSSH affiliation, accreditation or proof of a live NHS vacancy.

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Official directory listings

26 UK hand-fellowship identities in the alphabetical directory reviewed 11 September 2026

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CANONICAL PROGRAMME INVENTORY

Programmes connected to BSSH

Every card links to one canonical programme profile. Historical host duplicates and aliases are not counted as separate opportunities.

Upcoming cycle
Observership · Hand & Microsurgery

BSSH Stack Travelling Fellowship 2027

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

National or international centres selected by the award holder · International

Duration6–12 weeks
FundingGBP 12,000 honorarium for flights, accommodation and attendance at a major meeting;…
ExposureVisits to national or international centres for a specified clinical interest, scientific investigation or educational activity,…
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BHCurrent availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Birmingham Hand and Peripheral Nerve Fellowship

Birmingham Hand Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham and Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingSalary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
ExposureComplex upper-limb reconstruction, brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery, spasticity, tetraplegia, arteriovenous…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Brighton Senior Fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust / Royal Sussex County Hospital

Brighton, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £41,750 to £64,288 a year per annum, as advertised June…
ExposureAdult elective and trauma hand and wrist surgery in a tertiary referral and Level I major-trauma setting, including soft-tissue…
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Bristol Hand Surgery Fellowship

Bristol Royal Infirmary / Avon Orthopaedic Centre

Bristol, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationHistorical 2016 form: 12 months, divided into 6 months of…
FundingHistorical 2016 form: salary paid by North Bristol NHS Trust on the registrar scale
ExposureHistorical host form describes tertiary upper-limb exposure across hand, wrist, shoulder and elbow surgery with departmental…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Broomfield Hospital Hand Surgery Fellowship

Broomfield Hospital

Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingThe current BSSH host form does not publish salary, stipend or employment funding terms
ExposureHand trauma, microvascular reconstruction, rheumatoid hand, wrist surgery and congenital hand surgery within the St Andrew's Centre…
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Closed for this cycle
Research Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

BSSH/ORUK Hand Research Fellowship 2026

British Society for Surgery of the Hand / Orthopaedic Research UK

United Kingdom · host university or NHS trust selected through the project · United Kingdom

Duration2 years full-time, or longer at a minimum of 0.5 FTE
FundingOne award with total funding up to GBP 100,000; applicants may choose salary or stipend and…
ExposureHand-surgery research with assessed aims, literature and preliminary evidence, methods, research environment, impact, outreach and…
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Upcoming cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Cardiff Hand Fellowship

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months from August; a 6-month appointment may be considered…
FundingSalary paid by Cardiff and Vale UHB
ExposureBroad orthopaedic hand surgery apart from congenital, replantation and microvascular work, with busy hand trauma,…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Active application
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Hand Fellowship

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

London, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration6 months (NHS Jobs 'Duration' field; fixed-term, full-time)
Funding£45,715 - £69,976 per year plus London Weighting allowance, depending on experience (NHS Jobs,…
ExposureAdult and paediatric elective and trauma hand and wrist surgery within a multidisciplinary unit, with strong training and research…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Clyde Hand Fellowship

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationHistorical 2018 form: 6–12 months
FundingSalary, stipend and benefits are not published in the historical BSSH host form
ExposureHistorical host form describes busy hand and wrist trauma, Dupuytren disease, wrist arthroscopy, arthroplasty, ligament…
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Upcoming cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Great Ormond Street Hospital Hand Fellowship

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

London, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 6 months: £42,321 to £57,570 a year basic salary pro rata, as…
ExposureComplex congenital hand and upper-limb surgery, distal-foot reconstruction and selected exposure to craniofacial, cleft and…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Orthopaedic Hand Fellowship

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

London, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 6 months, 40 hours per week: £63,152 a year per annum excluding…
ExposureOrthopaedic hand and wrist surgery including wrist replacement, thumb CMC replacement, regional hand trauma, research and surgical…
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

London, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 6 months, 40 hours per week: £63,152 a year per annum excluding…
ExposurePlastic-surgery hand reconstruction including peripheral nerve reconstruction and transfer, tendon transfer, hand joint replacement…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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NAClosed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

JCST Training Interface Group (TIG) Fellowship in Hand Surgery — Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Hand Unit, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery)

Norwich, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months (JCST TIG hand fellowship)
FundingNot available for new centrally recruited NHS England TIG fellows in 2026: BSSH's notice,…
ExposureHistorical 2018 unit description: supernumerary hand training, five operating lists a week, orthopaedic/plastic surgery clinics,…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Leeds General Infirmary Hand Surgery Fellowship

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration6–12 months
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 6 months: £63,152 a year, as advertised November 2023
ExposureHigh-volume adult and children's hand surgery with complex acute and elective reconstruction, brachial plexus, peripheral nerve,…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Lister Anglo-Dutch Hand Fellowship

Lister Hospital / Utrecht partner centre

Stevenage and Utrecht, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months, including a flexible Utrecht placement from several…
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £38,619 to £57,570 a year per annum, as advertised October…
ExposureUpper-limb arthroplasty including wrist, DRUJ, thumb CMC and PIP joints; peripheral nerve surgery including nerve transfer and…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Manchester Hand Centre Fellowship

Salford Royal / Manchester Hand Centre

Salford, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £55,329 to £63,152 a year per annum, as advertised…
ExposureTertiary adult hand surgery delivered by a combined orthopaedic and plastic-surgery team with specialist nurses, therapists and…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Mersey Hand Fellowship

Whiston Hospital / Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Whiston and Liverpool, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months (historical BSSH form, c. 2018)
FundingThe BSSH form does not state salary or funding
ExposureAdult and paediatric hand-surgery exposure across Whiston and Alder Hey, with current Alder Hey service expertise in congenital hand…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Mid Yorkshire Hand Surgery Fellowship

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust / Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingSpecialty registrar grade, fixed term 12 months: £70,425 a year (MYDoc Hand Fellowship), as…
ExposureHand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Nottingham University Hospitals Hand Fellowship

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £70,425 a year (MT05) per annum, as advertised April 2025
ExposureHand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced— Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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PHCurrent availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Pulvertaft Hand Centre Fellowship

Pulvertaft Hand Centre / Royal Derby Hospital

Derby, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingFunded at Registrar grade
ExposureFull-spectrum hand surgery in a dedicated orthoplastic centre with twelve consultant hand surgeons from orthopaedic and…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Upcoming cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Queen Victoria Hospital Hand Fellowship

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £63,152 a year per annum plus rota enhancements, as…
ExposureElective and trauma hand surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Royal Berkshire Hand Fellowship

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Reading, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration6–12 months
FundingSalary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
ExposureHand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, scaphoid surgery, chronic wrist pain, inflammatory and degenerative arthritis,…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

UHCW Hand Centre Fellowship

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Coventry, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration6 or 12 months
FundingThe host form publishes optional additional paid Sunday trauma or independent sessions but does…
ExposureElective and trauma hand and wrist surgery across Coventry and Rugby, with supervised and independent clinics and operating,…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

University College London Hospital Hand Fellowship

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

London, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration6–12 months
Funding£76,582 a year plus London Weighting (MT05 nodal point 5a, hospital medical and dental staff,…
ExposureAcute hand and wrist trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, scaphoid nonunion, carpal instability, arthroplasty, arthroscopy,…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Rolling application
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

University Hospital Southampton Hand Fellowship

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Southampton, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingSalary, stipend and benefits are not published in the current BSSH host form
ExposureDupuytren surgery, DRUJ, joint replacement, complex elbow, wrist trauma and instability, WALANT, and non-technical development in…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current✓ Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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UHCurrent availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

University Hospitals Dorset Hand Fellowship

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationHistorical 2023 form: 6–12 months
FundingSalary, grade and benefits are not published in the 2023 BSSH host form
ExposureHand and wrist trauma and elective surgery with some elbow exposure, possible weekly plastic hand surgery, protected research and…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Current availability unconfirmed
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Wexham Park Hospital Hand Fellowship

Wexham Park Hospital / Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Slough, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 12 months: £61,825 a year per annum, as advertised February 2025…
ExposureHand and wrist fellowship training; operative responsibility, rotations, trauma, microsurgery, paediatric and peripheral-nerve…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced— Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Upcoming cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Wirral Hand Surgery Fellowship

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months
FundingThe host form states sponsor N/A and does not publish salary, stipend or employment benefits
ExposureComprehensive elective and trauma hand surgery with elbow work, selected shoulder and elbow arthroscopy, research and leadership;…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Hand & Microsurgery

Wrightington Hand and Wrist Fellowship

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

DurationNot published
FundingDoctor - other, fixed term 6 months, 40 hours per week: £61,825 to £70,425 a year, as advertised…
ExposureHand, wrist and elbow surgery in Wrightington's Upper Limb Unit, including arthroscopy, joint replacement, peripheral nerve and…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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Closed for this cycle
Clinical Fellowship · Shoulder & Elbow

Upper Limb Fellow in Orthopaedics — Pilgrim Hospital, Boston (with Grantham Hospital), United Lincolnshire Hospitals

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (Pilgrim Hospital, Boston)

Boston, England, United Kingdom · United Kingdom

Duration12 months (fixed term, full time; less-than-full-time…
FundingNHS salaried post at SpR level; advertised salary £70,425 a year (2025 advert).
ExposureShoulder and elbow surgery including arthroscopy, arthroplasty, trauma and revision; ultrasound skills and guided injections; hand…
✓ Primary programme source linked✓ Catalogue source audit current✓ Dated source review current— Current cycle evidenced✓ Faculty identity sourced✓ Institution mark verified
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COMMON QUESTIONS

BSSH fellowships: FAQs

How many BSSH fellowships are listed on OrthoFellow?

OrthoFellow lists 30 orthopaedic programmes connected to the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), across 2 countries, led by United Kingdom (29) and International (1). Each programme is counted once, even when it has several host centres.

Which BSSH fellowships are open now?

7 of the 30 BSSH-connected programmes currently show an active, upcoming or explicitly rolling application signal. Status labels on each card below come from the programme's official source; confirm the current cycle there before applying.

Which subspecialties do BSSH fellowships cover?

BSSH-connected programmes in the directory cover Hand and Microsurgery and Shoulder and Elbow.

What does the BSSH listing mean for applicants?

Official directory listings: BSSH publishes a UK hand-surgery fellowship planning list and explicitly warns that not all listings are current. Ordinary rows are not presented as BSSH affiliation, accreditation or proof of a live NHS vacancy. An organisation listing does not by itself establish your eligibility, medical licensing or visa sponsorship, so check each programme profile.

Where is the official BSSH fellowship directory?

The official British Society for Surgery of the Hand directory is at https://www.bssh.ac.uk/professionals/uk_hand_surgery_fellowships.aspx. OrthoFellow links every programme back to its official source.

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