"Revalidation...It remains our number one priority"

Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, GMC, February 2011

"Revalidation will add real weight to the existing annual appraisals that doctors have with a senior colleague. It will involve feedback from staff and patients, and will ensure doctors have clear personal development plans identifying weaknesses and the actions needed to improve their practice. Of course, the devil lies in the detail. Nobody wants revalidation to become an overly bureaucratic or expensive exercise. Nor do we want a system that fails to identify doctors not performing to the required levels. We need to get the balance right, and the GMC, the BMA, the Royal Colleges and other representative bodies are all helping us to do just that... I am determined that revalidation should help, not hinder, the medical profession - giving them the professional structure they need to keep ahead. It will provide much-needed protection forpatients, better support for doctors, and safer and more effective care across the NHS."

Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Health, January 2010

Reports

General Medical Council, The Good Medical Practice Framework for appraisal and revalidation, March 2011

Department of Health, Goverment Response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee: Fourth Report of Session 2010-11: The Revalidation of Doctors ,March 2011

Department of Health, Medical Revalidation - Principles and Next Steps
This report, by an expert working group chaired by Sir Liam Donaldson, was published in July 2008. It sets out the principles and next steps for implementing revalidation in the United Kingdom. It is based on wide-ranging discussions of the proposals in the Government White Paper, 'Trust, assurance and safety - the regulation of health professionals in the 21st Century.

Department of Health, Trust, Assurance and Safety p The Regulations of Health Professionals in the 21st Century

UK Revalidation Programme Board, Revalidation Project Initiation Document

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Specialist Recertification Project Plan

Website links

Revalidation Support Team (RST)

Department of Health

General Medical Council - Revalidation

General Medical Council - Revalidation FAQ's

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

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