Reforming the national Clinical Excellence Awards scheme
Applies to England and Wales
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
The government hosted a public consultation on proposals to reform the current National Clinical Excellence Awards scheme. This is the formal government response to that consultation.
The government’s response sets out a series of reforms which aim to broaden access to the scheme and to make the application process fairer and more inclusive.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation asks for your views on:
- increasing the number of new CEAs
- removing time-based ‘progression’ between the award levels, with the level of awards linked to the impact of achievement
- changes to the domains for assessing national CEA applications
- the role of citations and ranking by accredited national nominating bodies and specialist societies
- retaining the 5-year award period, but ending the current renewals process for awards
- how to ensure award holders maintain excellence during the period covered by a CEA
We would like to hear from medical and dental consultants and academic GPs, doctors in training, NHS trusts and foundation trusts, Medical Royal Colleges, representative organisations, trade unions, the National Institute for Health Research, Health Education England and other medical and health-focused institutions who may also be interested in responding to this consultation.