Head of Health Improvement and Influencing, Pancreatic Cancer UK

Junior Policy Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy

Alfie Bailey-Bearfield is Head of Health Improvement and Influencing at Pancreatic Cancer UK. Prior to this, he was Autism Policy Lead at the Department of Health and Social Care. He also worked as Policy and Public Affairs Manager at the National Autistic Society where he led a team that focused on transforming the lives of the 700,000 autistic people living across the UK.

Alfie worked on tackling the issues autistic people face in a number of areas, including health and social care, education and employment. His personal expertise lies in mental health, health and social care policy, having previously worked in health care charities, including the Alzheimer’s Society and MS Society. Alfie was also the Chair of the Care and Support Alliance, which is an alliance of over 75 charities campaigning for social care reform, which helped to deliver increased short-term Government investment in the system.