Funding and management structure

The Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG) is an internal NES group which has responsibility for the governance of Medical Additional Costs of Teaching (ACT) funding. MAGG meets quarterly and is accountable for the use of Medical ACT and the distribution of Medical ACT funds. MAGG reports to the Medical Directorate Education Team (MDET), Education Quality Committee (EQC) and NES Board to provide assurances around the allocation of Medical ACT funding and for its performance management.

The NES Board delivers ACT funding to the Medical Directorate Education Team (MDET); the Medical Directorate Education Team (MDET) delivers funding to the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG); the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG) delivers funding to NHS Boards; the NES Board have governance of the Medical Directorate Senior Team (MDST); the Medical Directorate Senior Team (MDST) has governance of the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG); the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG) has governance of Regional ACT Groups, such as NHS Boards and Medical Programmes; the NES Board has governance of the Educational Quality Committee (EQC); the Educational Quality Committee (EQC) has governance of the Medical Directorate Senior Team (MDST); there is a liaison between the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG) and the Medical ACT Working Group (MAWG); there is a liaison between the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG) and the Medical ACT Officers Group (MACTO); there is a liaison between the Medical ACT Governance Group (MAGG) and Regional ACT Groups such as NHS Boards and Medical Programmes; there is a liaison between Regional ACT Groups (such as NHS Boards and Medical Programmes) and the Medical ACT Officers Group (MACTO); Medical Programmes pay an ACT Levy to the NES Board.

Management of Medical ACT funding

Medical ACT works on an annual cycle which follows key indicative dates; this allows external stakeholders to work with the Medical ACT team, to achieve the operational targets needed to distribute and performance manage the funding.

Please note this is indicative only and is subject to influence of external factors including changes in policy directive from Scottish Government or delays in receiving data from Scottish Funding Council or Health Boards.

Key Activity: 1, Action: Allocation of funding notified to Boards, Person Responsible: NES, Deadline: April/May; Key Activity: 2, Action: 1st Round additional allocation proposals, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Officers and Health Boards, Deadline: June; Key Activity: 3, Action: Submission of 2nd Round of Additional Allocations to NES, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Officers and Health Boards, Deadline: September—to coincide with RAWG papers; Key Activity: 4, Action: Signed Accountability Reports submitted to NES, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Officers and Health Board DMEs, Deadline: September; Key Activity: 5, Action: NES issues Measurement of Teaching (MoT), GP & Travel and Subsistence (TAS) data templates to Medical ACT Officers, Person Responsible: NES, Deadline: Early November; Key Activity: 6, Action: Notification of Slippage to NES and additional Regional Bids, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Officers, Deadline: End of November; Key Activity: 7, Action: Submission of MoT Data, TAS & GP costs to NES (with DME sign off), Person Responsible: Medical ACT Officers and Health Board DMEs, Deadline: Mid December; Key Activity: 8, Action: Publication of Medical ACT Annual Report for mid 2021-22, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Manager and Medical ACT Administrator, Deadline: January; Key Activity: 9, Action: MACTO meeting with review of Allocation Model (stage 1), Person Responsible: Medical ACT Manager and Finance Manager, Deadline: January; Key Activity: 10, Action: Analytical Review on MoT data, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Finance Manager, Deadline: February; Key Activity: 11, Action: First run of Allocation Model, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Finance Manager, Deadline: Early March; Key Activity: 12, Action: Final run of Allocation Model, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Finance Manager, Deadline: Late March; Key Activity: 13, Action: NES Budget Agreed, Person Responsible: Medical ACT Manager and Finance Manager, Deadline: End of March; Key Activity: 14, Action: All additional allocation funds to be spent by Health Boards or returned to Scottish Government via NES, Person Responsible: Health Boards, Deadline: End of Financial Year.