National Clinical Impact Awards: 2025 Applications Now Open

Published: 1 April 2025 | National Clinical Impact Awards, NCIA, Awards

Changes for the 2025 awards round

Feedback from focus groups with applicants, award holders, employers and regional assessors in autumn 2024 highlighted the need to revise some of the processes. Based on this, ACCIA have made changes to the application process and payment policy for the 2025 awards round. These changes apply to applicants employed in both England and Wales.

Please contact ACCIA on accia@dhsc.gov.uk if you have any questions on how these changes may impact you.


Clinical Impact Awards 2025: Application Timetable

The timetable includes:

  • opening and closing dates for applying for a new award in 2025
  • timeframe for scoring, outcome and appeals

Further information can be found on this webpage.

01 April 2025 to 5pm on 27 May 2025
Applications open
30 May to 14 July 2025
First round scoring
August to October 2025
National 3 (N3) scoring
July to November 2025
Governance review
September to October 2025
National Reserve Sub-committee (NRES) scoring
End of November 2025
Main committee finalisation of recommendations
December 2025 to January 2026
Recommendations to and sign-off by ministers
January to February 2026
Notifications sent to successful applicants and finance processes initiated to pay awards