Is the cost of CEAs to be fully funded through the consultant contract?
A. The funding for the Clinical Excellence Awards is completely separate from the new contract. The same level of funding for CEAs has been made available as there would have been for new DPs and DAs under the current systems. Q. I am an existing Maximum Part Time Consultant Clinical Academic with 8 Discretionary Points. As an MPT I currently receive 10/11 of their value. If I transfer to the new contract as a Whole Time Consultant Clinical Academic, is the value of my Discretionary Points subject to the same transitional arrangement as my salary? A. Yes, in year 2003/4 you will receive 10/11ths of the value of your award plus one third of the difference between 10/11ths and 11/11ths; and in 2004/5 10/11ths of the value plus two thirds of the difference. In 2005/6 you will receive the full value of these Discretionary Points. The same would apply if you were receiving a Distinction Award.
