National Clinical Impact Awards 2022: open for applications

NHS consultant doctors, dentists and academic GPs can now apply for a new national Clinical Impact Award (NCIA) on the ACCIA application portal.

The national Clinical Impact Awards scheme (previously known as the national Clinical Excellence Awards) has been reformed in order to broaden access to the scheme, make the application process fairer and more inclusive, and ensure the scheme rewards and incentivises excellence across a broader range of activity and behaviours. Further information on the reforms can be found in the joint DHSC and Welsh Government consultation response.

The NHS consultant workforce is diverse, and the government wants to ensure that the NCIA scheme fully reflects this. We therefore encourage all eligible consultants considering applying for a new award, or those who would have been due to renew their existing award this year, to do so.

The application window will be open until 5pm on Wednesday 22 June.

We have created a poster to raise awareness of the awards round opening, alongside other resources providing further information on the reforms.

Please review the relevant 2022 guidance documents for advice on eligibility and how to get started with an application.