1. The SAS Development Fund - A view from the East Dr Emad George Associate Postgraduate Dean Health Education East of England

2. Workforce Partnerships in EoE

3. Using the Fund and the Future Historical perspective What we do in East of England The Future?

4. “The Money” 2008: Funding from DoH to support personal development of SAS Doctors & Dentists Recurrent since But now not ringfenced Separate from study leave/ contract funding Not intended to fund what a Trust should fund anyway

5. BMA Suggested Uses Top-up training Secondment opportunities Workplace based assessments Courses for clinical management/ education roles Regional Study Day Leadership training, coaching etc

6. What happens? Associate Postgraduate Deans administer fund in LETB Funding stream then varies – Delegation to Trusts – Retained centrally – Mixture

7. In EoE £1.1 million 30 Trusts SAS Tutor in each Approx 80-90% of funds delegated to Trusts to be used locally 6 monthly financial returns “Use it or lose it”

8. Local Use Courses – individual or group Backfill for placements Appraisal support SAS Days “Benefit the many” SAS Tutor – SPAs (0.25-1.00) Administration (5-10%)

9. “Quid pro quo” Not about entitlement Value to Trusts beyond the clinical Educational/ Clinical Supervision SAS doctors as Appraisers Audit/ Governance

10. Central Money Wages/ administration eModules Courses – Those that can’t be provided locally or low demand – CESR – Appraisal & Revalidation – Educational Supervisors

11. Other Training Programme Director for Emergency Medicine SAS Doctors Innovation Fund

12. Last two years Invite applications for “bigger ideas” beyond those for local use Clear benefit Value for money Encouraging look beyond clinical

13. Examples Backfill for doctors to gain other experience Equipment to support established skills courses Regional research project

14. Technology Providing interactive information for cancer survivors eLearning platform Developing a smartphone app for patients to monitor mental health Interactive training Time to work on linking IT systems

15. The Future? No ringfencing Overspend/ underspend will be punished Reduced budgets – Mine fell by 6% this year – One LETB reduced by over 90% Need to justify spending

16. Need to be Innovative Transparent Prudent/ value for money Vocal Realistic Local v central? Supportive of tutors

17. Questions ?