SAS Steering Group Meeting Thursday 29th September 2016 09:30 12:30 – Oak Room, West Wing, 2-4 Victoria Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5XB In Attendance: Shenoy, Susan Knight, Sophie Hall, Chloe Nicholson (minute taking), Suman Bandela, Sharmila Poovali, Vamsi Velchuru, Sharon Richardson, Alison Jenaway, Peter Simmons, Rachna Bansal, Caroline Cooper, Pradeep Sahare, Mary Archibald, Mary Burges, Balendra Kumar, Sajida Ajjawi, Vasi Sundaresan, Margaret Short 1.APOLOGIES: Syed Kabeer, Farrukh Sheikh, Jaan Panesar, Rita Choita, Padmanabha Syam, Reda, Sachin Navarange, Amit Chawla, Anna King, Victor Udu, Deborah Mullaly, Michaela Turner-Douglas, Wendy Wood Minutes Item Agenda Item Action No. 2 New Funding Process Presentation & Ideas – Please find the presentation attached. There was feedback across Trusts that SAS Doctors who have been in post for a number of years have exhausted generic skill development and are therefore far less engaged when it comes to attending generic courses/training. The level of engagement from SAS Doctors is generally low, and it tends to be the same doctors attending meetings and training. SAS Tutors to look at Tutors improving ways of engaging all SAS Doctors at their Trust. The presentation provided some examples of courses that could be held through each of the funding streams. General consensus that this was very CN useful. Request for this information to be added to the HEE SAS website. Clarification that the new bidding process and 2 page application/bidding have been designed in accordance with other HEE processes for accessing funds. The application forms were derived from the simulation fund bidding forms which Heads of School are required to complete in order to access simulation funding for trainee doctors. A very similar process is also used for access to School Based Study Leave (SBSL) funding for Junior Doctor’s. The application forms provide an essential audit trail for finance purposes and also provide robust evidence should an appeal against a funding decision be made. The difference between the three funding streams was discussed. Confirmed that should a SAS Doctor wish to develop their specialty skills, they should be signposted to their specialty lead. 3 SAS on HEE Website The SAS pages on the HEE website have been updated to reflect the recent changes. The information available includes all documentation and All
SAS Steering Group Meeting Thursday 29th September 2016 09:30 – 12:30 Oak Room, West Wing, 2-4 Victoria Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5XB In Attendance: Shenoy, Susan Knight, Sophie Hall, Chloe Nicholson (minute taking), Suman Bandela, Sharmila Poovali, Vamsi Velchuru, Sharon Richardson, Alison Jenaway, Peter Simmons, Rachna Bansal, Caroline Cooper, Pradeep Sahare, Mary Archibald, Mary Burges, Balendra Kumar, Sajida Ajjawi, Vasi Sundaresan, Margaret Short 1.APOLOGIES: Syed Kabeer, Farrukh Sheikh, Jaan Panesar, Rita Choita, Padmanabha Syam, Reda, Sachin Navarange, Amit Chawla, Anna King, Victor Udu, Deborah Mullaly, Michaela Turner-Douglas, Wendy Wood Minutes Item No. Agenda Item Action 2 New Funding Process – Presentation & Ideas Please find the presentation attached. There was feedback across Trusts that SAS Doctors who have been in post for a number of years have exhausted generic skill development and are therefore far less engaged when it comes to attending generic courses/training. The level of engagement from SAS Doctors is generally low, and it tends to be the same doctors attending meetings and training. SAS Tutors to look at improving ways of engaging all SAS Doctors at their Trust. The presentation provided some examples of courses that could be held through each of the funding streams. General consensus that this was very useful. Request for this information to be added to the HEE SAS website. Clarification that the new bidding process and 2 page application/bidding have been designed in accordance with other HEE processes for accessing funds. The application forms were derived from the simulation fund bidding forms which Heads of School are required to complete in order to access simulation funding for trainee doctors. A very similar process is also used for access to School Based Study Leave (SBSL) funding for Junior Doctor’s. The application forms provide an essential audit trail for finance purposes and also provide robust evidence should an appeal against a funding decision be made. The difference between the three funding streams was discussed. Confirmed that should a SAS Doctor wish to develop their specialty skills, they should be signposted to their specialty lead. Tutors CN 3 SAS on HEE Website The SAS pages on the HEE website have been updated to reflect the recent changes. The information available includes all documentation and All
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