SAS Strategy launched
The College has launched its first-ever SAS Strategy, which aims to support our many SAS doctors to fulfil their potential and get the most fulfilling experience from their practice.
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The RCPsych SAS Strategy 2023 – 2025 - which is the culmination of the work of the RCPsych SAS Committee and was published this month. It will
support SAS psychiatrists have a rewarding career and focuses on four areas:
- Supporting education and research
- Improving care
- Influencing system-level change
- Belonging to the College
Over the last couple of years, the SAS committee has become a committee of council and launched its guide for those becoming SAS psychiatrists, Startwell and Staywell.
The launch of the strategy further embeds the excellent work of the committee and serves to not only bring direction to the plans of the committee but will also act as a springboard to its fulfilment through an upcoming action plan.
The workforce crisis that psychiatry faces can only be addressed by pooling all the talent in the entirety of the workforce, ensuring SAS psychiatrists are equally valued within the workplace as well as within the College; this strategy starts to address how this can be done.
There is an urgent need to develop SAS doctors and address the structural and attitudinal barriers that SAS doctors face in accessing opportunities for career progression and for recognition of their skills and expertise.
The strategy reflects the needs of a very diverse workforce and aims to support its talent and potential in developing successful and fulfilling careers. It does this by focusing on four areas that will support SAS psychiatrists’ training, leadership, and educational needs.
Additionally, it outlines how SAS psychiatrists can further engage with the College and, in turn, how the College can further engage with SAS psychiatrists in developing relationships that will ensure meaningful dialogue and presence within RCPsych.
To find out more about the work of SAS psychiatrists within the college as well as the development of the strategy, please see the Spring 2023 issue of Insight.
Return to our April 2023 update.