Dr Hywel Francis MP with Dr Julian Tudor Hart, Mary Hart and Martin Caton MP, who received the first Bevan Prize for lifetime contribution in 2013 for his pioneering work as a GP in Glyncorrwg
Dr Hywel Francis MP is encouraging organisations and individuals in Aberavon to consider making a nomination for the 2014 Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing.
The prize, organised jointly by the Bevan Foundation, of which Dr Francis was a founder, and The Bevan Society, will recognise one individual and one organisation who in the past year have made outstanding contributions to health and wellbeing in the UK and who embody the founding principles of the NHS. A third prize will be award for lifetime contribution and was last year awarded to Dr Julian Tudor Hart for his pioneering work as a GP in Glyncorrwg in the Afan Valley.
Dr Francis said:
“I am very pleased to lend my support to this very worthwhile celebration of our National Health Service and of its founding values. This prize will recognise the dedication of individuals and organisations that are committed to ensuring that the ethos of our health service – that it is free at the point of delivery, that it meets the needs of everybody, and that it is based on need not on the ability to pay – endures.
“I know there is great work being done in Aberavon by health care practitioners and professionals, charities and voluntary groups and others, and I hope some of these will be put forward for recognition.”
