What happens to the funding vacated when a local award holder gains a national award?
The primary commitment is that the annual level of investment in new awards at local level should be at least the same as occurred under the previous system of discretionary points. There was no requirement for Trusts to recycle discretionary points relinquished when a consultant was granted a national award. Discretionary points were introduced in 1995 with the following guidance. ” …there is no requirement that monies freed as a result of retirements, resignations and individuals being granted B awards be recycled back into discretionary points at individual employer level. Any such reductions have already been discounted nationally in determining the minimum number of points to be awarded at employer level.” When holders of locally awarded CEAs retire, resign or are awarded a national award there is no requirement that their Trust return that funding to a local CEA ‘funding pot’. This is the same arrangement as applied with the former discretionary points scheme. National Awards a
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