2022 National Clinical Impact Awards - ACCIA
ACCIA (ACCEA) 2022 - Update Notification (for England and Wales
only)
Following on from a review of the National Clinical Excellence
Awards Scheme formerly known as the ACCEA Awards, from this year,
the scheme has been renamed as the National Clinical Impact Awards
- ACCIA.
Important Information for our members
- The 2022 ACCIA Awards Scheme will open on Wednesday 27
April 2022. Online registration will open shortly
beforehand.
- The closing date for applications into the
ACCIA will be 5pm, Wednesday 22 June 2022.
- Application Process: All applications are
completed online at the new ACCIA application portal and must be
submitted by 5pm on 22nd June 2022.
Read the application guidance and log into the portal early.
You can log back in and edit your application up until you submit
it - but you should save it regularly until you are satisfied that
it's complete.
- National Nominating Bodies are now National
Nominating Organisations (NNO): In line with the changes to the
scheme, there has been a review of the number of Nominating bodies
and Specialists Associations that can support applications. As a
result of the streamlining of the process, the number of NNOs has
now been reduced and BASO~ACS is not on the
register of the National Nominating Organisations. We,
therefore, encourage our members to review the Register of NNOs and
look for a suitable organisation to support your application.
Summary of the changes
- Increase the number of available awards - Once
the transition process for existing national CEA award holders has
completed over the 5-year transitional period, there will be up to
600 awards granted annually in England. National awards and local
awards are also planned to be held concurrently - this is being
reviewed throughout the transition period.
- Re-brand the scheme - The awards have been
re-branded as the national Clinical Impact Awards to reflect to
applicants and scorers that the primary focus of the awards is the
output of activities, rather than undertaking activities in the
absence of describing their impact and results.
- Re-structure the award levels - In England,
the scheme now operates as a three-level award system: National
1 (lowest), National 2 and National 3 (highest).
- Refresh the assessment domains - The
assessment domains have been revised to combine both Delivering and
Developing Service into a single new domain (domain 1). Three
domains (domains 2, 3 and 4) have been renumbered and their
emphases amended and a new fifth domain has been introduced to
allow applicants to include evidence of national impact from other
unpaid activities, or where they have delivered impact over and
above expectations.
- Simplify the application process - A single
level application process has been introduced so applicants no
longer apply for an award at a specific level. This enables
applicants to gain higher level awards on first application based
on the score they attain.
- Remove pro-rated awards - Those working less
than full time (LTFT) will no longer have their post 2022 award
payments pro-rated.
- Remove the renewals process - The renewals
process has been removed. National Clinical Impact Awards will be
held for a total of 5 years, at which point applicants need to
re-apply.
- Remove the pensionability of awards -National
Clinical Impact Awards are no longer pensionable or
consolidated.
- Simplify the process for employers - Employers
only need to indicate their support or their lack of support for an
application and provide a citation for each applicant. Employer
scoring and ranking are no longer required.
The timetable for the 2022 national awards
round
- 27th April to 22th June 2022 - applications
open
- 27th June to 4th September 2022 - scoring
- 8th September to 9th October 2022 - N3 scoring
- 12th September to 25th November 2022 - governance
review
- 14th November to 11th December 2022 - NRES scoring
- December 2022 - main committee finalisation of
recommendations
- January 2023 - recommendations to and sign off by
Ministers
- End of January 2023 - notifications sent to successful
applicants and finance processes initiated to back pay awards
- February 2023 - appeals window opens
For more information please visit the
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-clinical-excellence-awards
With Best Wishes
BASO Higher Clinical Excellence Awards Committee