Sustaining good quality services to patients requires doctors to be up to date and fit to practise. The personal development needs of doctors are a vital part of that.
The British Medical Association (BMA), British Dental Association (BDA), Health Education England (HEE), the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (the Academy) and NHS Employers have worked together to produce this guidance on the development of specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors and dentists in the NHS in England to help ensure that this important group of doctors are helped to remain fit to practise and develop in their careers.
This guidance was originally published in 2017 and updated in 2020. This guide describes actions that can be taken to ensure that best practice is applied in the development of all SAS doctors and how different groups can work together to ensure best practice is consistently applied.
Read the full document here.