Doctors who wish to keep their licence to practise in the UK will need to revalidate, ie they will need to demonstrate to the GMC periodically, normally every five years, that they are up-to-date and fit to practise and complying with the relevant professional standards.
There has been a prolonged debate by the GMC/CMO/DH about the revalidation processes and the GMC has now concluded that revalidation should be a single set of processes with a clear outcome which doctors, their patients and those who employ or contract doctors’ services can understand.
Revalidation will be linked to CPD. For information about CPD, please click here.
Sources of further information:
- RCOG Working Party Report: Recertification in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- RCOG Updates
- Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ Revalidation Steering Group
- Effectiveness of CPD: Final Report from Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (pdf)
- GMC - Revalidation: Information for Doctors and Frequently Asked Questions
- Department of Health