What level of local CEA should be held before applying for a national level award?
At present, no guidance has been issued on the level of local CEA needed before a consultant can be considered for a national level 9 Bronze award. This is to allow consultants to establish which level of local CEA is appropriate to them since there is no automatic translation from Discretionary Points (the term used for a local level award under the former scheme) to CEA. In practice consultants who successfully apply for a national award will normally, have at least a level 4 CEA and will have been in post for about ten years (or more).However exceptions occur.
