Senate Assembly

The Assembly is the wider membership body of the Clinical Senate.  The Assembly provides the Council with access to a broad range of experts from across the East of England who, when their skills and experience fit the topic in question, will be invited to join Clinical Review Panels to respond to requests for independent clinical advice.

The Assembly encompasses the full range of clinical professions, the 'birth to death' spectrum of NHS care and settings.   Assembly membership is also open to non-healthcare professionals (i.e. social workers, experienced commissioners, health managers, academics and trainee/student health professionals) and patient and carer representatives (our 'Patient and Public Partners').

There is no minimum or maximum number of members on this virtual body and no specified length of tenure.   This is a membership body, and applicants are required to complete an application form.

Applications for membership of the Clinical Senate Assembly are welcome from clinicians of all professions, grades and backgrounds, and from health or social care staff working in non-clinical roles (for example commissioners, social workers).

Applications are also welcomed from individuals who wish to represent the patient and public view on Clinical Review Panels - referred to as our 'Patient and Public Partners'.  Such Members are able to offer the wider communities views when service changes are being considered and learn about how health and social care is managed across the region.  Indeed, the Clinical Senate has been described as "a welcoming organisation, multidisciplinary and team-oriented, which takes the patient view seriously and positively."  

There is no formal commitment as an Assembly Member.  You will be invited to our events and may be invited to join a Clinical Review Panel to look at service change/development proposals. Please note that Clinical Review Panel members are invited for their expertise and knowledge and do not represent their employing organisation or professional body, ensuring that impartiality and objectivity remain core strengths of the Senate.

If you are approached, you would be provided with full information and be fully supported throughout the process.  You are under no obligation to accept such an invitation but if you do, then we would expect you to see the work through.   Most panel members have reported that it was an excellent networking, development and learning opportunity. 

If you have any questions, or would like to request an application form please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thank you, we look forward to hearing from you.