Local clinical excellence awards scheme (LCEAs) - employer update
Future LCEA award rounds form part of the consultant offer being put to vote by trade unions in an effort to resolve the current industrial action dispute. If members vote in favor of the offer, the contractual entitlement to new LCEAs will cease from 1 April 2024. The 2023/24 award round should continue to progress as agreed and planned locally to ensure that the required minimum investment funds are spent on eligible consultants. Employers may decide to pause development work on 2024/25 award round designs whilst the vote takes place. We expect the outcome of the vote to be announced by the 25 January 2024.
The negotiations to reform the LCEAs have concluded and we are now communicating with employers on the outcome and future scheme arrangements.
Our speakers for the webinar were:
- Jeremy Orr, Head of Medical Pay and Contracts, NHS Employers
- Hanna Murphy, Programme Manager, NHS Employers
- David Grantham, Chief People Officer for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and employer chair for LCEA negotiations
- Andrew Rowland, Capsticks
Useful resources
Download the slides from the webinar.
Read our employer briefing that explains how to calculate the investment funds for the 2021 round. This includes a new financial monitoring tool to support employers to do this.
