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Re: Clinical Excellence Awards-time for a fairer NHS rewards scheme
Dear Editor Just for the record The article Clinical Excellence Awards --- time for a fairer NHS rewards scheme (1 May) provides an excellent historical account of the awards scheme. It states that the core purpose of the awards is to ‘identify and reward consultants providing the “highest quality” of service.
Re: Appraisal and revalidation for UK doctors-time to assess the evidence
Dear Editor Revalidation: an achievement not a burden Permit me one more opportunity to express an aspect of importance in the debate on revalidation. It is unfortunate that revalidation may be seen by and large as an imposition on doctors. The GMC and the Association of Royal Colleges (AoRC) might have missed a trick.
Re: Appraisal and revalidation for UK doctors-time to assess the evidence
Dear Editor I wish to comment on the response of 6 October 2020 by Frances A Yuille. The author states that she is sad over the cynicism around the appraisal process. I am glad to hear that revalidation through the appraisal scheme is well received. I would agree that appraisals provide a positive time for the doctors to think reflect and plan ahead. I would however like to point out that this does not fulfil the intended purpose of revalidation.
Who is responsible for the CEA scheme?
“Clinical Excellence Awards are currently a matter for the Department of Health”, is the footnote on page seven of the Draft heads of terms on consultant contract reform issued by the BMA July 2013. But after digging around a bit I discovered that the ACCEA has been firmly assigned responsibility for the awards and the criteria (ACCEA website dated 25 June 2013). My findings are so significant that I decided to record the history of evolution of responsibility for the awards and the criteria.
Tory 'apology' for NHS reform rings hollow
The explosive effect of the arrival of UKIP has sent the parties dashing to their panic stations to hammer down their panic buttons. Party leaders are rushing to admit their errors. Nick Clegg was profusely apologetic for his support for university tuition fees and Ed Miliband declared that “it is not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration”. Not to be outdone and David Cameron, together with other senior Tories, admitted that NHS reform was their worst mistake in power.
Revalidation should be based on objectively evaluated performance and outcomes
The word ‘revalidation’ did not get into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) until 2004. We are however well aware that the GMC was using it in the context of the revalidation of doctors long before that date. Given a clue by Prof Sir Liam Donaldson, I contacted Sir Donald Irvine who said that he was the first to use it in a letter dated 30 June 1998 to the President of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges.
Why do academics dominate the higher CEAs?
Since Clinical Excellence Awards (CEAs) were introduced, in 2003, many of discrepancies within the doctors’ awards scheme have been addressed and rectified – particularly around gender and race bias. The one that seems to defy attempts is the disproportionate number of awards held by the clinical academics. Definition of teaching hospitals and clinical academics is by no means clear or easy. An acceptable description if not a definition would help with the solution.
Define clinical governance for the individual
The introduction of clinical governance expressing the means to achieve ‘duty of quality’, required by the 1999 Health Act, was a defining moment in the history of the NHS. Clinical governance evolved as a recognition of the need to ensure the quality of service in the NHS and historically may be seen as a response to the high profile scandals exposed at Bristol Royal Infirmary Hospital and in the Harold Shipman and the Alder Hey inquiries.
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