Revalidation resources
You'll find the resources you need to help carry out your responsibilities for revalidation
Back
This guidance gives an overview of revalidation and describes the main roles and processes involved.
Understand the specific terminology associated with revalidation in our revalidation glossary of terms.
This guide sets out the revalidation roles and responsibilities of all those involved in revalidation.
Understand how you can get involved, as a patient, in revalidation.
Our core guides to help you understand revalidation
Guidance for doctors': requirements for revalidation
Find the requirements for revalidation for all doctors who hold registration with a licence to practise in the UK.
The GMC protocol for making revalidation recommendations
See our guidance to help responsible officers and suitable persons make revalidation recommendations.
Effective clinical governance to support revalidation
See the core elements of effective governance for organisations employing, contracting or overseeing the practice of doctors.
Guidance on supporting information for revalidation
Our requirements for the supporting information that licensed doctors, and registered physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), must collect and reflect on for revalidation.
This page answers some of the common questions we receive about revalidation.
See how we make decisions relating to revalidation.
Understand the relationship between revalidation and the licence to practise
Our guide to the revalidation assessment
The statements your RO / SP must confirm when making a recommendation
Our tools to aid you in the process of revalidating
This tool will help you work out whether you have a connection to a designated body, could connect to a suitable person, or have no connection.
This tool shows the full list and contact details for all designated bodies in the UK.
This tool shows the full list and contact details for all GMC approved suitable persons in the UK.
Our self-assessment tool can help you understand where your organisation is meeting the outcomes of effective clinical governance, and to identify any areas where you can improve.
Useful links
Revalidation legislation
Understand the factors we take into account when making decisions about your revalidation.
Revalidation questions and answers
Answers to some of the common questions we receive about revalidation.
Responsible officer hub
Understand the factors we take into account when making decisions about your revalidation.
