2020 ACCEA Higher Awards: UPDATES
COVID-19:
update on 2020 Clinical Excellence Awards competition
Subject to confirmation and to ongoing monitoring of
COVID-related pressures, the ACCEA plans to hold an extended 2021
competition, with a lengthened timetable.
The ACCEA recognises that, as a result of the above, there will
be twice as many renewal applications due in 2021 and that there is
likely to be an increase in new applications, with the associated
additional burden for employers, national nominating bodies and
specialist societies and ACCEA itself. To mitigate this,
ACCEA plans to open an extended application window in
November 2020 and close it at the end of January 2021.
Finally, due to the COVID crisis, the new (revised) scheme is
now not expected to be in place until 2022, which matches the
also-delayed local CEA reform timeline. ACCEA will consult on this
new scheme for three months over the autumn of 2020.
A reminder to those of you with a Clinical Excellence
Award due to expire in April 2021, you can apply for
a year's extension. Applications must be made online by
31st July 2020.
Please visit the
gov.uk website for more information and the
ACCEA site for the online application.