Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether senior academic GPs will be included in the National Clinical Excellence Awards.

The National Clinical Excellence Awards have been reformed and renamed the National Clinical Impact Awards. Academic general practitioners are eligible to apply for an award providing they meet the eligibility criteria provided in the 2022 guidance for applicants which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clinical-excellence-awards-application-guidance/guide-for-applicants-national-clinical-excellence-awards-2021-awards-round