The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is pleased to announce the contract to manage the National Head and Neck Cancer Audit has been awarded to facial surgery research organisation Saving Faces.
We are incredibly proud to announce that two of our patrons featured in the Queen’s birthday honours list this year.
It’s been an epic journey for the Waves4Hope team. It ended on Saturday (20th of June) in spectacular fashion with a 15-hour crossing of the English Channel, waying anchor from Ramsgate on the Kentish coast at 4am and landing in Nieuwport, Holland at 8.40pm.
Professor Iain Hutchison presented his lecture on the Saving Faces Art Project on 15 April 2015 at the Royal Society of Medicine as part of the ‘Arts, Society and Medicine’ lecture series.
On May 12th, Saving Faces’ own, Iain Hutchison squared off against the formidable Maggi Hambling, as part of a series of events surrounding her latest exhibition, Maggi Hambling: War Requiem & Aftermath.
Professor Hutchison opens his home to the Telegraph for a whirlwind tour of his life in medicine, his family and what drove him to set up the charity Saving Faces.
Tambu Makinzi is a 27 year old mum of one from Zimbabwe and lives in Cape Town South Africa. She has been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called chondrosacoma. This cancer caused the cartilage in her face to grow out of control, which also caused her to lose sight in one eye. A new documentary about her struggle airs tonight (Monday 14th September 2015) at 10pm on Channel 5.
Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts, Charles Saumarez Smith, attended the Royal Society of Medicine’s annual lecture on Art, Medicine and Society, where our very own Professor Iain Hutchison spoke about the Saving Faces art project.
A hearty congratulations to our patron, Channel 4 journalist, Jon Snow who will receive this year’s BAFTA fellowship. The annual award is presented to an “individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games.” Jon now joins a prestigious list of previous recipients including, David Attenborough, Michael Palin and last year’s winner, Julie Walters.
For those who missed out the first time, the BBC radio 4 programme, One to One with Iain Hutchison, will be re-broadcast next Tuesday the 14th of April at 9.30am. Presenter, Anita Anand speaks to the Saving Faces Chief Executive about what drove him to become a surgeon.