SAS doctors’ funding allocation
NHSE ensures equality of resource allocation and access to professional skills training. Each trust is allocated funding for a minimum of one session per week for an SAS tutor.
There is also a central budget to support regional training days and some expenses for local training days. As SAS development funding has been significantly reduced, the scope of training activity has widened to include translational clinical topics, delivered as regional Development days, held at various locations across Wessex.
How to apply for funding
SAS tutors
NHSE endeavours to distribute a portion of SAS Development funding to each Trust, however, if there is an underspend, it many might be possible to apply for additional funding too support a local or Wessex SAS Regional Study Day. Wessex SAS tutors should contact england.sasdoctors.wx@nhs.net in the first instance for more guidance.
SAS doctors
NHSE Wessex endeavours to allocate a portion of SAS Development funding to the Trusts each year so that they can use it to identify requirements and develop relevant initiatives that support SAS doctors in their localities. If individual doctors have a specific initiative that they would like to request SAS Development funding for, then they should first contact the SAS Lead for the Trust.
Contact us
The Associate Dean for Wessex SAS doctors is Dr Julie Onslow.
For further information, or administrative support, please email england.sasdoctors.wx@nhs.net