Clinical Excellence Awards
College procedures in the preparation of ACCEA nominations for
England and Wales
Anyone considering applying for an Award
should read ACCEA’s Awards Procedures
which can be viewed at:
www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/accea
The College’s Clinical Excellence Awards
Committee (CEAC) consists of Honorary Officers (President, Dean,
Registrar, Editor and Treasurer), representatives, selected by the
Executive Committees of Faculties, Division and Sections and a lay
observer.
The Chair of ACCEA has emphasized the need for the Divisions to
play a central role in the nominating process. Faculties and
Sections, therefore, begin the College process by preparing their
ranked lists. They send these lists to the Divisions who use
them in their nomination process. Individual Faculty, Section
and Division lists are then submitted to the College’s Awards
Administrator to be considered at the College meeting in
November/December (see timetable below).
The Faculties, Sections, Divisions and College
committee will use ACCEA’s five domains in determining their ranked
lists. These domains are:
- Delivering a high
quality service
- Developing a high
quality service
- Managing a high
quality service
- Research and
innovation
- Teaching and
training
How to be nominated for an award
College Members who wish to be considered for
an Award should submit their ACCEA CVQ electronically to Sue Duncan, Awards Administrator
by 5.00 pm, on Monday 26 July. As
ACCEA’s CVQ forms are not usually available by our deadline, the
College will accept 2007/2008 local or national forms. The
cover sheet must also be completed identifying your Faculty or
Section, Division and the award you are applying for.
Bronze and
Silver applicants may
choose to submit ONE of the following options:
- Research
- Management
- Teaching/Training
Gold
applicants may choose to submit up to TWO of these
options.
Members should be aware that it is their
responsibility and not the College’s to ensure that they complete
the CVQ form on ACCEA’s website and submit it by their closing
date, which is usually in December. Members should also be
aware that Trust support is not a pre-requisite for College
support.
Awards timetable
February
Details of process appear on the
College website. Members are asked to submit CVQs and the
College’s cover sheet electronically to the College’s Awards Administrator.
July
All forms must be received at the
College by the stated closing date of 26 July. Any forms
received after the date will not be considered.
By
mid-September
Faculties and Sections hold meeting of
Executive Committee to consider and rank nominations.
Faculties and Sections send ranked nomination lists to the
College Awards Administrator who will forward them to the relevant
Divisions.
By
mid-October
Divisions hold meetings of Executive
Committee to consider their nominations. The ranked lists
from the Faculties and Sections will be taken into account.
Nomination lists will be forwarded to the College.
November
The College meeting takes place.
Committee members are circulated with the CVQs of all
nominees. They are asked to rank them using ACCEA’s five
domains. These marking sheets are returned to the College
Awards
Administrator.
Silver/Gold Applications
An overall ranked list is prepared by
the College Secretariat and the top 15 names are automatically
included on the final list. The next 15 nominations are
discussed and scored at the meeting and the top five to seven names
are added to the final list.
Bronze Applications
The system will be the same as for Silver/Gold
applications, but the top 30 are automatically included on the
final list. The next 20 nominations are discussed and scored
at the meeting and the top five to ten names are added to the final
list.
* The above numbers may change from year to
year.
November
Members whose names are included on the
College shortlist will be informed and advised to submit their CVQ
to ACCEA if they have not already done so. The College Awards
Administrator will submit the final shortlist, together with the
College citations, to the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence
Awards.
Citations
The College sends ONE citation on
behalf of each nominee submitted to ACCEA. Citations must be
drafted specifically for the College and must not be written by a
colleague from the same institution. They must also focus on
international or national rather than local achievements. The
closing date for receiving citations is Monday
15 November.
Vanessa Cameron
Chief
Executive
February 2010