Revalidation Documents
Below is a selection of key documents that
will assist in understanding Revalidation and its background.
Guidance on Supporting Information for Revalidation for General
Practitioners
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has
developed a supporting information framework, which each College
and Faculty has adapted to include their own
specialty-specific requirements. The RCGP version can be accessed
here 
. Please note that the specialty frameworks are in draft
form and are being tested in the Medical Appraisal Guide pilot.
Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners
The RCGP's Guide
to the Revalidation of General Practitioners sets out the RCGP’s current
proposals for the processes and evidence that will be required in
order for GPs to be revalidated. The intention is for this to be
updated on a regular basis as.
Remediation for General Practitioners
The RCGP is addressing the issue of
remediation for General Practitioners. The
RCGP’s Remediation for General
Practitioners policy document has been written with the input of a number of key
stakeholder organisations.
RCGP Medical Director Professor Mike Pringle talks
about Remediation - video
RCGP Revalidation Leaflet for GPs
A concise leaflet summarising the College's role and approach to
the Revalidation process. Download it here
Revalidation - Information for Patients
A simple one page leaflet that explains Revalidation to
patients. Download it here
Revalidation Consultation Feedback
The RCGP staged a series of consultations on the processes
and the evidence required for revalidation and sought
feedback from a wide range of key stakeholder groups
and organisations. Responses were received from
Sessional, Principal, Retired and Portfolio GPs, as well as
organisational responses, which included those of the British
Medical Association General Practice Committee (BMA GPC), the
National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP) and the NHS
Revalidation Support Teams. We have also received responses
from Local Medical Committees (LMCs) and PCT leads on
appraisal. All countries of the UK, as well as the Republic
of Ireland, are represented in the responses we have
received.
The results of this feedback are contained in the
Revalidation Criteria, Standards and Evidence Consultation Report
that was
published in February 2009. (This report was
the precursor to the Guide to the Revalidation of General
Practitioners that was released on 1st April 2009.)
Good Medical Practice for General Practitioners
A revised version of Good Medical
Practice for General Practitioners (GMP for GPs) was published in July
2008.
Based on the GMC’s Good Medical Practice, the document was first
made specific to GPs in 2002. Its aim is to provide important
guidance to general practitioners on the expectations of their
peers and the public as to their standards of care and
behaviour.
The statements in GMP for GPs will inform the
standards expected in revalidation. The ‘exemplary GP’ statements
will guide the formative discussions in GP annual appraisals while
the descriptors of an ‘unacceptable GP’ and the requirements for
revalidation will inform an appraiser’s judgments.
GMC Frequently Asked Questions
The GMC have developed a series of responses to the most
frequently asked questions about Revalidation covering a wide range
of issues including the timetable for implementing revalidation,
the information that doctors will have to collect as part of the
process, how revalidation will work for doctors in different types
of medical practice, and the role of the Responsible Officer. These
can be found here 
.
Additional information on Revalidation can be accessed via the
GMC
website .
GMC Licence to Practice
The GMC has announced that from 16 November 2009, all doctors
will need a licence in order to practise medicine in the UK.
Licensing will be the first step towards the introduction of
Revalidation.
GP Appraisal
A UK-wide paper 'Principles of GP
Appraisal' which sets out
a policy and principles to underpin the appraisal process for
General Practitioners working in the national health systems of the
four countries of the UK, was endorsed by the RCGP Council on 29th
February 2008.
In September 2008, a Joint
RCGP/ CoGPED Position Statement was released which included key recommendations on
appraisal in England.
A paper, 'Personal
Development Plan Guidance for Appraisers' which provides
guidance to appraisers on how to advise their appraisees on
PDP construction was endorsed by the RCGP Council on 14th June
2008.
A paper entitled 'Core Information
for Quality Assurance of GP Appraisal' was endorsed by Council
in November 2008. The paper sets out the consensus view from across
the UK on the development of common quality assurance standards of
appraisal.
NHS Employers
NHS Employers has launched a revalidation section on its website
, which
includes a
briefing on revalidation .
To provide feedback on any
aspect of Revalidation please click here.