Liz studied Medicine at University College London, intercalating in Neuroscience. She discovered a fervour for OMFS during core surgical training in Plymouth and went on to undertake Dentistry (DPMG) at Kings College London and higher specialist training in Birmingham and the West Midlands. She was appointed as an OMFS Consultant in 2017 working at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals and then Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. She moved to University Hospitals of Northamptonshire in 2021, with specialist interests in facial deformity, TMJ and skin surgery. Liz is Deputy Lead of the Skin Surgery SSIG of BAOMS.

Liz was both BAOMS JTG Chair and Fellows in Training Representative as a junior and is passionate about education and supporting trainees, as the future of our specialty. She is currently Training Programme Director for Dental Core Training in the East of England and Educational Supervisor supporting trainees on the BAOMS Mentoring and Support Programme (MSP).

In her free time, Liz enjoys world travel and philately. 

Currently OMFS consultant at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.

Specialty interests are orthognathic, head and neck skin surgery, benign salivary, trauma, implants and oral surgery.

Keen educator and trainer.

Interests: walking, gardening, cycling and taekwondo.

The National Clinical Impact Awards 2026 round will open on 1 April. The application window will remain open for seven weeks, closing at 17:00 on 20 May.

Once applications close, initial scoring by regional sub-committees will take place from late May to early July. Regional sub-committee meetings will then take place between July and October. N3 national re-scoring will take place across July and August, followed by NRES national re-scoring in September and October. The ACCIA main committee will meet in November to approve recommendations to ministers, with outcomes expected to be released to applicants in early 2027.

• Things to do when submitting an award application

Further communications will follow, including the 2026 Applicant Guidance and the 2025 Annual Report, which will be published soon. In the meantime, applicants wishing to prepare in advance should note that there are no substantive changes to the application process compared to 2025.

Applicants do not need permission from their employer to apply. However, employers will be asked as part of the process to confirm the accuracy of the information included in the application.

If you have any questions about the 2026 award round or would like to discuss how you can support your members applying this year, please email us to arrange a meeting.

Rosie Fox, Operational Officer, ACCIA Secretariat, Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU

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Following a successful CSG Study Day on December 11, 2025, some attendees have requested the following presentations be made available on the website:

Richard Pilkington: Challenges and opportunities in NHS management

Elizabeth Yeung: Updates on BAOMS QOMS

It is important for our specialty to maintain a high standard and quality of fully safely trained colleagues and workforce for years to come. Part of the process to ensure this is the FRCS OMFS which is tightly run and navigated by JCIE.

The earliest point of entry to help with this process before becoming a full examiner is question writing for part 1 - MCQs.

We have been struggling with members recently and we suspect this is due to competing commitments of today but also lack of awareness of this refreshing opportunity our BAOMS new and 'old' fellows can take up swiftly and add to their appraisal and portfolio. We would like to correct the latter challenge and widen the knowledge of this membership with JCIE

This is a rewarding role. A brief outline of duties is provided here and can also be found on the JCIE website.

The current MCQ chair and lead is Richard Graham who succeeded to Brian Bisase.

• 2022: Thursday 8 December 2022 at RCS London. See the Programme and Presentations 
• 2018: Please see update available here following the recent 2018 RSPA and Consultants' Development Day
• 2017: Please also see this news item about the 2017 RSPA and New Consultants' Development Day: Achieving success and avoiding failure
• 2016: Following a development day in October 2016 attended by BAOMS RSPAs and recently or soon to be appointed OMF surgeons, please see this document about mentoring following a presentation by Mrs Scarlett McNally, RCSEng Council member.