CEM - Revalidation

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March 2010

• On 1^st March 2010 the GMC consultation on revalidation opened. The consultation focuses on four areas:
  • How revalidation will work
  • What doctors, employers and contractors of doctors' services will need to do
  • Patient and public involvement in revalidation
  • How and when revalidation will be introduced.

This consultation is one of the last major opportunities to influence how revalidation will work. It is therefore very important that as many of our specialty as possible submit responses to the consultation.

Please go to the GMC website to read the consultation documents and submit a response. The consultation closes on 4^th June 2010.

http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/licensing/5786.asp

January 2010

• The specialty standards for Emergency Medicine have been provisionally approved by the GMC, pending the GMC consultation on revalidation which will open in March.

December 2009

• Peter Furness, chair of the Academy Revalidation Development Group, has written a personal appreciation of current developments in revalidation for the Royal College of Pathologists which is relevant to all (Oct 2009). Please download a copy here.

• The DH (England) has produced a draft timeline of activities for revalidation. This is likely to be revised and change a good deal but it is an initial attempt by the DH at mapping some of their key workstreams:
  • Pathfinder Pilots Strategy and Governance Agreed: End 09
  • Specialty Standards: GMC Sign Off End 09
  • Pathfinder Pilots Begin: Jan 2010 
  • GMC Consultation:  March 2010 - May 2010
  • Strategic Outline Case for incoming government and initial cost/benefits: April 2010
  • End Pathfinder Pilots: March/April 2011
  • Evaluation of Pathfinder Pilots: Summer 2011
  • Strategic Case for Revalidation: Summer 2011
  • Early Adopters: Autumn 2011 (potential roll out dependent on agreement of the GMC over whether ‘live’ revalidation recommendations or as a dry run)
  • Full Business Case for Treasury: Early 2012.

November 2009

• The College has begun a survey of randomly selected Fellows to develop consensus based tools for MSF and patient feedback.

• The College has submitted specialist standards to the GMC for approval.  Sign-off will hopefully be forthcoming by the end of 2009.

• On 16 November 2009 the GMC introduced the license to practice. To practise medicine in the UK all doctors are required by law to hold both registration and a licence to practise.

June 2009

• NHS Employers have produced a briefing paper about implementing medical revalidation which is available on the NHS Employers website: http://www.nhsemployers.org/PlanningYourWorkforce/MedicalWorkforce/Medical-regulation/MedicalRevalidation/Pages/Medical-revalidation.aspx

• The GMC has recently published a guidance document, Revalidation: Information for Doctors and Frequently Asked Questions, which is available from the GMC website: www.gmc-uk.org/revalidation