Revalidation has started
Revalidation officially starts today. If you are a licensed doctor, you are now legally required to revalidate, normally every five years.
What does this mean?
From now on you should have an annual appraisal based on Good Medical Practice and collect supporting information which shows how you are meeting the standards set out in this guidance. Your employer, or the organisation arranging your appraisal, is required to make sure it follows the right format and that you can access the supporting information you need.
When will I revalidate?
Between now and the end of January 2013 we will write to tell you the date of your first revalidation. This is the date by which we need to have received a recommendation from your responsible officer. Your date will be somewhere between April 2013 and March 2016. The doctors who hear from us this month (December) will be the first to revalidate and their dates will be up to the end of August 2013.
We have set your date by working with your responsible officer, who has told us when they expect you will be ready for revalidation over the next few years.
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