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Clinical Excellence Awards in England and
Wales
Clinical Excellence Awards for consultants
in England and Wales for 2009 are now open to applications
via a number of routes including the Trusts, medical Royal
Colleges, Specialist Societies and self-nomination.
ACCEA requires specialist societies that
wish to make nominations for Clinical Excellence Awards to
apply for registration as recognised nominating organisations;
the British Pain Society has once again registered. The Society
is invited to make a specific number of nominations determined
by total membership. The Society will convene a panel to consider
applications for nominations. The panel will comprise a mixture
of national award and non-national award holders along with
at least one lay member who has informed lay involvement in
health care and knowledge of the NHS; the Society's CEA Committee
for the last round (2008) was constituted in this way and
worked very satisfactorily.
Assessment process
ACCEA insists that the assessment process should be fair and
equitable. This year the Society's CEA Committee will be using
the newly introduced, standard ACCEA scoring system which
gives equal weighting to each of the five domains. The maths
of this is self-evident and obviously it is important to score
well in all 5 domains. The British Pain Societywill inform
applicants whether they are to be supported or not but ACCEA
does not expect individual candidates' results or scores to
be published. Please note that should a member of the assessment
panel seek nomination from the society, that panel member
must leave the room during discussion of their application.
The British Pain Society is expected to
submit a citation to ACCEA, using the online system, for each
candidate nominated and failure to submit a citation for any
candidate will render all the nominations from the Society
invalid. So, if you are asked to write a citation please take
the task seriously and deliver on time. Additionally the British
Pain Society has to provide a ranked list, on the official
ACCEA ranking template, setting out nominated candidates in
priority order. This is all the Society has to do.
It is the
candidate's own, total, sole, individual responsibility to
ensure that the final CVQ forms are submitted directly to
ACCEA before the advertised deadline.
Details of the Awards system for England,
can be found on the ACCEA website at www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/accea/.
It is very important for potential applicants to look closely
at the criteria for these awards to ensure that they realistically
fit the profile that ACCEA has described. The British Pain
Society is very keen to encourage consultants to apply if
they think that they might be eligible. The Society is only
able to assess excellence in work carried out in the area
of pain medicine. Excellence achieved locally or in other
spheres should be rewarded through alternative routes. If
you feel that you make a significant contribution to pain
medicine in the wider NHS you should apply through the BPS
but you must also submit an application through your local
Trust, as it is very much more likely to succeed with the
support of your employer.
Applications for
the 2009 round
The closing date for submission of CVQ forms to the British
Pain Society was Friday 10th October
2008.
The closing date for online submissions
to ACCEA is Friday 19th December
2008.
The sieving committee met on the 13th November 2008, and those
who applied should now have received formal notification from
the British Pain Society of the outcome of their applicaton.
Membership of the British Pain Society's sieving committee
was as follows:
- Dr Douglas Justins, Consultant in
Pain Management & Anaesthesia, London (nominating officer)
- Dr Nick Allcock, Associate Professor
- Nursing, Nottingham
- Dr Beverly Collett, Consultant in
Pain Management & Anaesthesia, Leicester
- Dr Joan Hester, Consultant in Pain
Medicine, London
- Dr Mick Serpell, Consultant and Senior
Lecturer in Pain Management, Glasgow
- Dr Karen Simpson, Consultant in Pain
Medicine, Leeds
- Dr David Counsell, Consultant in Anaesthesia,
Wrexham
- Mrs Kate Rivett, Lay Representative,
Member of Patient Liaison Committee of RcoA
- Dr William Campbell, Consultant
in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Belfast
Further information regarding these awards
are available from: www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/accea
If you have any queries, please email
us here
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