Clinical Excellence Awards

BIS is one of the specialist societies able to make recommendations about consultants to be considered for national clinical excellence awards, and is registered as such with the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA). A formal subcommittee has taken on this role.

Nominated by the BIS Council, it includes award holders, representing different branches of the infection specialties and different geographical locations as well as lay representation. The subcommittee is also able to make recommendations on behalf of BIS to the NHS in Wales and to the Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards (SACDA).

The Society is only able to make nominations for national awards (Bronze, Silver or Gold, or the equivalent awards in Scotland) and is not able to make recommendations regarding platinum awards.  We expect that BIS recommendations will normally be in the context of members who already receive significant support at the local level. Individual members need to ensure that they are fully aware of the regulations and procedures (full details can be found on the relevant website  http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/accea/index.htm). According to the ACCEA, specialist societies ‘should concentrate their evaluation on contributions to the specialty or appropriate grouping and should not make an assessment of contributions to the local employer…’ It would therefore be helpful if this information could be included on any forms submitted to the committee.  Colleagues will generally be seeking support already from their Trust and appropriate Royal College or Faculty, and most nominees would not seek support from more than one Society with overlapping areas of expertise.

All applications should include a CVQ  on form A.  There are in addition supplementary forms (non obligatory) for ‘teaching and training’ , ‘research’, and ‘management’.   Applicants for bronze and silver awards may include one supplementary form and applicants for gold may include up to two supplementary forms.

ACCEA National Awards 2010 – important dates
The application process for National ACCEA Awards for 2010 will soon start. The timeframe is dictated by the closing date for ACCEA and is getting progressively earlier. 

The closing date for submission to ACCEA this year is – 5pm on 11th December 2009 after which no submissions will be accepted.

Anyone wishing to gain BIS support for their application must submit their application (electronic only) to the British Infection Society Higher Awards Committee by 4th September 2009. Please email your full application form to valerie.doughty@sth.nhs.uk before this date. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered by the BIS higher awards committee.  [Please note that submissions to BIS are for Society use only and an application must be submitted to ACCEA to be considered in the national process.]

Society application forms:

                CVQ - Form A

Supplementary forms:

                Teaching and training

                Research

                Management