Supporting in revalidation

Your responsibilities

Responsible officers and suitable persons should read our guidance The GMC Protocol for making revalidation recommendations to understand your role in revalidation and how to make revalidation recommendations for doctors. 

If you act as a suitable person, or are interested in becoming one – please read our guide on becoming and acting as a suitable person.

Organisations that doctors work in will need to have systems in place to support doctors with their revalidation. Our Effective clinical governance for the medical profession handbook sets out organisation's responsibilities.

Additional guidance: 

Roles and responsibilities

Understand the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved in revalidation.

Information sharing principles 

Understand the responsibilities that doctors, responsible officers or suitable persons, and organisations have for sharing information.

Supporting information guidance

Understand the supporting information your connected doctors will need to gather and reflect on at appraisals.

Managing connections

Maintain your list of connected doctors. If you're unsure about a doctor's connection, ask them to use our connection tool.

GMC Connect
A-Z list of Designated Bodies
List of suitable persons

Making recommendations

Read our detailed guidance on when and how to make recommendations:

Making a recommendation
Recommendations for doctors in training
Recommendations to revalidate
Recommendation to defer (including subsequent deferrals)
Recommendations of non-engagement
The recommendation statements