SAS Advocate Annual Plan and Anonymised Impact Report
HTML edition updated 9 September 2026. This is an educational planning aid, not an official application form or individual advice.
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SAS ADVOCATES | PRACTICAL RESOURCE
SAS Advocate Annual Plan and Anonymised Impact Report
Plan objectives and report influence without disclosing individual cases.
What this resource contains
Role and confidentiality prompts
Writing space for decisions or review
Independent source and boundary safeguards
Important
Independent general guidance. It does not replace clinical, employment, regulatory, immigration or legal advice. Do not include patient-identifiable or unnecessary colleague-identifiable information in worksheets.
Author: Dr N Aziz
Published and reviewed: 7 September 2026
Role boundary
The SAS Advocate supports, navigates, signposts and raises organisational themes. The role does not replace treatment, union representation, formal investigation or legal advice.
Annual objectives
Access and visibility objective
Individual-support objective
Organisational improvement objective
Network and partnership objective
Resource or development need
Aggregate activity
Number of contacts in safe bands
Broad themes
Routes used
Barriers to support
No identifying narratives
Impact
Policy or process change
Access improved
Risk reduced
Feedback from SAS doctors
Unresolved system issue
Governance
Confidentiality check
Suppression of small numbers
Conflict review
Board or committee route
Next-year priorities
Source and confidentiality note
The role was developed through SAS contract reform. Local remit, coverage, line management and resources vary. Check the current joint BMA/NHS Employers SAS Advocate guidance and local agreement.
Confidentiality
Explain role, records, access, aggregate reporting and limits before inviting detailed disclosure. Do not include patient identifiers or case details that could identify a doctor through specialty, site, grade or timing.