Revalidation

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Revalidation
Progress Report and Next Steps Rhian
Williams Revalidation Projects Manager
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Revalidation content

• Agreed generic standards of practice set by the
  GMC and specialty specific standards developed by
  medical Royal Colleges and agreed with the GMC
• Revised system of appraisal
• 360 degree multi source feedback
• Resolution of any known concerns
• Positive affirmation of a doctors fitness to
  practise by a Responsible Officer

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Implementation Projects/Piloting/Testing

• Revalidation in General Practice in Wales
• Pilots testing the GMP framework
• Northern Ireland specialists in secondary care
• NHS Professionals (locums)
• Merseyside (several hospital trusts
  RCP/RST/GMC)
• NHS Highland
• Testing GMC Questionnaires with a census
  population
• Further piloting 2010 and 2011

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Implementation governance

• UK Revalidation Programme Board with independent
  chair appointed by the GMC Keith Pearson
  Oversees implementation by delivery board in each
  UK country and reports to GMC.
• Membership
• Keith Pearson (Chair)
• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges  British
  Association of Medical Managers British Medical
  Association Department of Health
  (England) General Medical Council Independent
  Healthcare Advisory Service NHS
  Confederation Department of Health, Social
  Security and Public Safety, Northern Northern
  Ireland Assembly Government Scottish
  Government Welsh Assembly Government 
• Patient and Public representatives

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Revalidation consultation
Consultation to be launched in early 2010 and to
include the following topics

• Revalidation model
• GMC Good Medical Practice framework
• Royal College/Faculty specialty standards
• MSF principles and criteria
• CPD as part of revalidation

• Revalidation and updating the medical register
• Policy questions and non-standard scenarios
• Phased roll out of revalidation
• Remediation

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Next steps

• Introducing the Licence to Practise (16 November
  2009)
• Agreeing specialty standards with Academy of
  medical Royal Colleges
• Further testing and research on patient and
  colleague questionnaires
• GMC consultation 1st quarter 2010 how
  revalidation will work
• Network of Responsible Officers and embedding
  enhanced system of appraisal based on the GMP
  framework
• Developing and agreeing an implementation model
  and timetable but no big bang and
• Communications..

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For more information

• Revalidation FAQ document
• www.gmc-uk.org/revalidation
• revalidation_at_gmc-uk.org
• Tel [phone]