Patient and public involvement in revalidation
One of the aims of revalidation is to assure patients and the public that licensed doctors are continuing to practise to the appropriate professional standards. Patients will need to have confidence in the way that revalidation will work.
This section considers a numbers of ways in which patients and the public could be involved in the revalidation of doctors:
- Through patient representation and input into the development of revalidation policies, data collection methods and on boards and committees overseeing the implementation of revalidation.
- By providing feedback to doctors about their performance which can be used in doctors' annual appraisals. The consultation considers how the GMC can ensure that patient and colleague feedback can be used in a fair and reliable way.
- Through involvement in the work of the Responsible Officers who will make recommendations to the GMC about whether a doctor should be revalidated.
- Through involvement in the GMC decision-making process when concerns are raised about a doctor's practice which may require the removal of a doctor's licence to practise.
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