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Clinical Excellence Awards in England and Wales
Clinical Excellence Awards for consultants in
England and Wales are 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 will once again apply for registration. Once registered,
we will be 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
(2007) 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, together
with forms, 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 2008
round
The closing date for submission of CVQ forms to the British Pain
Society was 18 October 2007.
The sieving committee met on the 15th November 2007, and those who
applied should have now received formal notification from the British
Pain Society of the outcome of their application.
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
Professor Richard Langford, Consultant/Reader in Anaesthesia &
Pain, London
Mr Adam Martin, Project Manager, Chronic Pain Policy Coalition
Dr Catherine Price, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Hampshire
Dr Jonathan Richardson, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Bradford
Dr William Campbell, Consultant in Pain Management & Anaesthesia,
Belfast
Further information regarding these awards and
application forms are available from: www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/accea
If you have any queries,
please email
us here
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