Participating trusts directly benefit from their fellow’s work through projects focussed on improving patient outcomes, service quality and efficiency within their NHS trust or system.  GIRFT clinical fellows act as a bridge between national improvement expertise and local implementation, helping trusts translate evidence, guidance and best practice into meaningful change.  

By hosting a fellow, organisations gain access to GIRFT’s expertise, networks, knowledge and partners, enabling locally relevant improvement activity while strengthening links with national clinical improvement programmes. Fellows bring dedicated time, analytical capability and improvement expertise to projects that support service transformation and reduce unwarranted variation. 

In addition to delivering project outputs, the fellowship helps organisations develop future clinical improvement leaders. Fellows return to their organisations with enhanced capability in quality improvement, implementation, stakeholder engagement, leadership and system working, creating benefits that extend beyond the duration of the fellowship itself. 

This is an ideal opportunity for participating NHS trusts to become more closely involved in GIRFT’s work to improve treatment and care by reducing unwarranted variation, while building lasting improvement capability within their organisation.