Annual awards for National Clinical Impact, Clinical Studies Group, Alison Goudie Memorial Fund, Maurice Ellis award & the William Rutherford award.
The application window for the 2023 National Clinical Impact Awards is open from 3 March 2023 – 05 May 2023.
Register to start your application today! https://awards.national-clinical-impact.nhs.uk/s_Login.jsp
From March 2023, National Clinical Impact Awards (NCIA) scheme applications will no longer include rankings and citations from national nominating organisations. Applicants will now be able to seek guidance from any number of relevant membership organisations (MOs) they wish to approach.
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. The new scheme is fairer and has a more inclusive application process designed to fully reflect the diversity of the consultant population in the NHS. Further information on the reforms can be found in the joint DHSC and Welsh Government consultation response.
We wish all eligible consultants the best of luck with their award applications, we know you are brilliant!
You can now view the outcome of your application in the ‘My awards’ section of the ACCIA portal. This will show:
You’ll also be able to:
The Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA) will notify you by email when the letters are available to view.
ACCIA will inform your employer of the outcome of your application once you have been notified that your letter is available to view.
You should read the information below that is applicable to your personal circumstances. If you have any questions, email accia@dhsc.gov.uk.
For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/outcome-of-the-national-clinical-impact-awards-2022
+ Young Investigator Award
One of the principle remits of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) is to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. Its remit includes research, publications and the administration of academic awards and prizes. The RCEM Clinical Studies Group was formed by the Research & Publications Committee in 2014 and makes annual awards to recognise outstanding contributions of RCEM Members and Fellows to research in Emergency Medicine.
Since its inception in 2006, the NIHR has significantly increased the scale of clinical research in the NHS, particularly through the Clinical Research Network. The enthusiastic engagement of NHS clinicians is an essential condition for sustaining and building on this success, particularly given the many competing demands on clinician time and resources. These co-branded awards will recognise outstanding contributions of NHS consultants and trainees in the conduct of clinical research in the field of Emergency Medicine.
The winner(s) of the Young Investigator award will also be eligible for a modest financial award, which must be invested in the award holder’s future research. The award winners and outstanding contributors will be asked to present a summary of their contributions to research at the Emergency Medicine Research Engagement Day. Applicants will be required to confirm that they are available to attend and make a short presentation.
The award is open to both junior doctors who are pursuing a career in Emergency Medicine and consultants in Emergency Medicine who are within 5 years of obtaining their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). For junior doctors who do not currently hold a National Training Number in Emergency Medicine, the panel will look for evidence of commitment to pursuing a career in the specialty.
The award will be made based on the following criteria:
Awards will be made at the discretion of the judging panel.
Applications for this award will open later in the year. Information on how to apply will be published here in due course. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email events@rcem.ac.uk.
One of the principle remits of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) is to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. Its remit includes research, publications and the administration of academic awards and prizes. The RCEM Clinical Studies Group was formed by the Research & Publications Committee in 2014 and makes annual awards to recognise outstanding contributions of RCEM Members and Fellows to research in Emergency Medicine.
Since its inception in 2006, the NIHR has significantly increased the scale of clinical research in the NHS, particularly through the Clinical Research Network. The enthusiastic engagement of NHS clinicians is an essential condition for sustaining and building on this success, particularly given the many competing demands on clinician time and resources. These co-branded awards will recognise outstanding contributions of NHS consultants and trainees in the conduct of clinical research in the field of Emergency Medicine.
The winner(s) will also be eligible for a modest financial award, which must be invested in the award holder’s future research. The award winners and outstanding contributors will be asked to present a summary of their contributions to research at the Emergency Medicine Research Engagement Day. Applicants will be required to confirm that they are available to attend and make a short presentation.
Applicants must be Members or Fellows of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. The awards are designed to recognise the contribution of research active clinicians rather than those who are already career clinical academics. Therefore, Members and Fellows who hold a substantive academic university appointment or an externally funded academic fellowship will not be eligible for this award.
The award will be made based on the candidate’s contribution to Emergency Medicine research in the United Kingdom over the previous 12 months, including:
Applications for this award will open later in the year. Information on how to apply will be published here in due course. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email events@rcem.ac.uk.
A research grant of up to £1,250 is available to Junior Doctors, Consultants within five years of appointment and members of professions involved in the provision of emergency medical care.
Or alternatively contact:
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Octavia House, 54 Ayres Street, London SE1 1EU.
Tel: 020 7404 1999
The Maurice Ellis Award recognises his pioneering work in the field of Emergency Medicine. It may be awarded every two years and presented at an appropriate event in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine calendar.
An award will next be made in 2018. Please read the nomination criteria for more information
This award by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) recognises the inspiring work of one of the specialty’s ‘founding fathers’, William Rutherford. William Rutherford was a pioneer of the specialty of Emergency Medicine but his dedication to service also took him to work as a doctor in rural India for 20 years. It was after his return from there, in 1967, that he became surgeon in charge of the Accident & Emergency Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, where he worked until his retirement in 1985.
William died in December 2007 when he was in his 80s. The RCEM decided to establish an award to commemorate his life and his work, particularly recognising his work in troubled times and in areas of deprivation.
The William Rutherford International Award is made annually to an individual that has demonstrated evidence of excellence in emergency care or humanitarian activities within low- and/ or middle-income countries or settings.
The award will consist of an invitation to the recipient, as well as a collaborator of the recipients, from a low- and/ or middle-income country or setting, to co-present their work at a national RCEM conference. The Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) Committee has the responsibility for proposing the recipient to Council and liaising with the recipient.
The recipient will choose the collaborator and present her/ his details to the GEM committee for approval. The recipient and collaborator would be provided with a budget from which conference registration, accommodation and travel costs to the UK can be reimbursed.
Download the William Rutherford International Award nomination form.
Criteria for this award:
The recipient should demonstrate evidence of excellence in any of the following activities within low- and/ or middle-income countries or settings:
Potential candidates can be nominated by Fellows or Members of the RCEM. The nominee must also be a Fellow or Member of the RCEM.