National Clinical Impact Awards
Clinical Impact Awards recognise and reward NHS consultants and senior academic GPs who perform 'over and above' the standard expected of their role. If you apply, you need to give evidence of impact across the following 5 areas:
- Delivering a high-quality service
- Developing a high-quality service
- Leading and managing a high-quality service
- Research and innovation
- Teaching and training
ACCIA Update
National Clinical Impact Award (NCIA) scheme applications no longer includes rankings and citations from national nominating organisations. However, MWF would like to support members who are submitting an application.
New Application Process
National Clinical Impact awards are recognition of excellent work and involve levels of additional payment. Applicants must be a consultant doctor or dentist, an academic GP or a clinical academic. The deadline will be 27th May 2025. The ACCIA (Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards) has issued new guidance. There is no longer a system of 'nominating bodies'. MWF plans to support members on an individual or small group basis. Too few women doctors apply! Please look out for further information soon. Please encourage other potential members. ACCIA guidance is here.
This webpage will be updated with Frequently Asked Questions soon.
We plan a webinar for eligible members in late April or early May 2025.
Commonest reasons for rejection are:
- No significant national work
- Repetition between domains
- Work all in role
- Activity not impact
- Little ‘new” work since last award
- Much activity rather old
- National work already paid for
- Poor dating
- Unclear job plan
- Very high P.A. job plan
- Poor metrics/benchmarking
- Excess abbreviations
- Poorly-presented publications
- Local only
- Personal role unclear
- No proper clinical work
- Recent retirement
- Monothematic
Volunteers to help review applications
Please can any MWF members who would be happy to help or advise others, please email us to volunteer!. If you are interested, please email
Awards timetable
- Application Period Opens: April 1st, 2025
- Application Deadline: 5pm on May 27th, 2025
- Outcome sent to applicants: Jan-Feb 2026
