Medical ACT Stakeholders
Local Education Providers
- Provide clinical placements and other teaching requirements as agreed with medical schools
- Ensure the quality management of clinical placements
- Maintain adequate educational capacity
NHS Education for Scotland
- Administers the overseas ACT type levy on behalf of Scottish Government
- Ensures educational capacity is maintained
- Allocates Medical ACT funding to Health Boards through the annual Medical ACT allocation model and bids.
- Ensures value for money for Medical ACT expenditure through the performance management framework
- Collate and review Annual Accountability reports collated from Health Boards
Medical Schools
- Medical Schools are responsible for the quality of medical education including clinical placements
- Determine curriculum and agree clinical placements required with LEP's
- Set learning outcomes
- Set priorities for development of medical education through Regional Groups
Scottish Government
- Sets the policy context for Medical ACT funding
- Determines the number of medical students to be funded
- Determines the policy for overseas students and the ACT type levy towards the cost of teaching overseas students within the NHS
Regional Groups
- Provide a forum to agree the strategic direction for medical education.
- Determine the use of Medical ACT funds with the agreement of Regional Groups
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