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REVALIDATION OF DOCTORS​
CHANGES TO THE AREA TEAMS FOR GPs
April 2015 - 2 pages
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WORKING WITH YOUR DOCTOR TO IMPROVE MEDICAL CARE
Revalidation Leaflet

You are welcome to reproduce this leaflet for your own Healthwatch, hospital, community service or GP Practice.
                                                 Click here to download a Word version of the document ...
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PictureList updated on 25 July 2015
Download the list of Responsible Officers and the designated body for which they are responsible.
http://www.gmc-uk.org/DB_list_with_RO_details___DC3503.pdf_52637845.pdf

The list is updated on a weekly basis.  



PictureList updated on 14 July 2014
Doctors who don’t have a Responsible Officer can arrange for a suitable person, approved by the GMC, to make a revalidation recommendation about their fitness to practise. This may be arranged on an individual basis, but some doctors have obtained prior approval  to act as a suitable person for defined groups of doctors.

Download the list of GMC Approved Suitable Officers
http://www.gmc-uk.org/Revalidation___Suitable_Person_details.pdf_53912287.pdf                                                                                                                                                                                                      

PictureList updated on 05 August 2014
Only UK organisations can be designated bodies, because the legal rules that determine this only cover the UK. The list is updated weekly to reflect new or updated bodies. This list includes the names of that the designated bodies the GMC holds on its list, including locum agencies. 

Designated bodies are listed under their full title as they’re recorded in our database. So if you’re searching for your designated body in GMC Online, use the name, or part of the name, exactly as it appears in this list. Organisations beginning with ‘The’ are not listed under ‘T’ on this page, but by the initial letter of the next word in their name; for example, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is listed under P.  Organisations whose names begin with ‘NHS’ are listed under ‘N’ - but then alphabetically by the initial letter of the next word in their name. For example, NHS Haringey comes after NHS Hampshire.

Download the list of Designated Bodies
http://www.gmc-uk.org/help/list_of_designated_bodies.htm
                                                                   

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REVALIDATION OF DOCTORS
Briefing Note - 09 December 2013
 

​7 pages

​The revalidation process began formally in Dec 2012. The system is based on Regulations overseen by the GMC, which also operates the Fitness to Practice procedures for doctors. The first revalidation cycle aims to have all doctors revalidated by March 2016, after which a new 5-year cycle of revalidation will begin and be repeated every 5 years.
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REVALIDATION OF DOCTORS
Briefing Note - 20 August 2012

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22 pages
MEDICAL REVALIDATION - WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
19 October 2012
The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt): 
        "Today, I am announcing that from 03 December 2012, revalidation of doctors in the 
         UK will commence."

This announcement follows the October 2010 commitment by the General Medical Council (GMC) and Department of Health to deliver a streamlined system of revalidation that provides assurance to the public and adds value for both patients and doctors. The tests of readiness for revalidation, as set out in that commitment, have now been met and I have received sufficient evidence from the UK Revalidation Programme Board that all four UK countries are suitably prepared to proceed with implementation.
REGULAR CHECKS FOR ALL UK DOCTORS
19 October 2012
Every Doctor practising in the UK will be subject to regular checks to help improve the quality of patient care, it was announced today by the Secretary of State for Health.The new system of checks - known as revalidation - will be run by the General Medical Council (GMC) and marks the biggest change in how doctors are regulated for more than 150 years.  It promises to be the most comprehensive scheme of its kind anywhere in the world with the UK's 230,000 licensed doctors expected to show they are keeping up to date and are fit to practise. The Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, today confirmed that the new system will start in December.

NALM PRESS RELEASE - REVALIDATION OF DOCTORS
19 October 2012          
PATIENT ORGANISATIONS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO GIVE REVALIDATION THE GO-AHEAD
09 August 2012
Nine patient organisations have called on the UK Government to give the go ahead for a new system of regular checks for doctors in the UK, arguing that patients need to know that the doctor treating them is competent and safe to practise.
In a statement sent to Andrew Lansley, the Secretary of State for Health, all of the organisations agree that patients and the public need to be sure that the doctor who is treating them is up-to-date and fit to practise and they hope he will confirm in the Autumn that revalidation will go ahead at the end of this year.

Statement signed by:
                          National Voices -  Patients Association  -  National Association of LINks' Members   
                          National Association of Patient Participation  -  Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 
                          Patient/Lay Group   -  Action against Medical Accidents  -  Scotland Patients Association  
                          Board of Community Health Councils in Wales   -  Patient and Client Council (Northern Ireland)
REVALIDATION OF DOCTORS - PROGRESS REPORT 
July 2012 - 2 pages
A copy of a statement of support for Revalidation of doctors, which has been signed by several bodies across the UK including NALM, National Voice, AvMA, Lay/Patient Reps-Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, NAPP and the Patients' Association. We have emphasized the need for a high level committment to patient involvement in the process of annual appraisal and revalidation. The joint statement will go to the Secretary of State.  It is expected that the Secretary of State will formally agree that revalidation will go live by the end of the year. This is subject to the following being found adequate across the UK:
  • The system of annual appraisals for doctors
  • Trained appraisers to agree that doctors preformance is adequate
  • A process to deal with doctors who are not performing well
All practicing doctors including locums and doctors in private practice and research are included in this process. Revalidation will be led by the GMC and will provide further assurance that doctors are competent and up-to-date. A new version of the core professional guidance Good Medical Practice will be published by the GMC in the near future - you can find the current version at http://www.gmc-uk.org/static/documents/content/GMP_0910.pdf
REVALIDATION LETTER - 26 June 2012
To:        Andrew Lansley  -  Secretary of State for Health Department of Health Richmond House
From:   Malcolm Alexander - Chair NALM and Ruth Marsden - Vice Chair NALM and on behalf of the NALM Steering Group
PROGRESS OF PATIENTS INPUT INTO REVALIDATION IN THE UK
Meeting 04 April 2012
  •      Una Lane - GMC lead for Revalidation
  •      Jon Billings, Sarah Kovach-Clark, Stephen Fisher - National Voices
  •      Malcolm Alexander - National Voices/NALM
REVALIDATION LETTER - 19 November 2010
To:     Niall Dickson  -  Chief Executive GMC
From: Malcolm Alexander  -  Chair, NALM


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