Colleague and patient feedback for revalidation

Our Guidance on supporting information for appraisal and revalidation outlines the supporting information you need to reflect on at your appraisals for revalidation. 


 

Supporting information for appraisal and revalidation

You must reflect on feedback from colleagues and patients (or if you don’t have patients, those you provide medical services to) at least once each revalidation cycle.It should help you identify what you’re doing well and ways to improve your practice. Both positive and critical feedback is valuable if it helps you to reflect on your practice. Your appraisals should take into account all information you gather about your practice. Feedback shouldn’t be used on its own to make judgements.

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Patient feedback

Developing and implementing patient feedback tools

This guidance is for those developing, implementing, or looking to commission tools to gather formal patient feedback for doctors’ revalidation.

Guidance on developing and implementing formal patient feedback tools for revalidation

Case studies

These case studies show how doctors in a range of roles have met our requirements. They should be especially useful if you don't see many patients.

Case studies: Collecting feedback from patients and alternatives

Information to give to patients

We’ve created a leaflet you can use to explain to patients why their feedback is important, how it’s used, and what makes helpful feedback. 

• Giving feedback to your doctor (English)
• Giving feedback to your doctor (Welsh)
• Giving feedback to your doctor (large print)

You can also use this simple handout of questions and answers to explain revalidation and the feedback process to patients.

Example patient feedback questionnaire

This will be removed from our website on 28 February 2021
This example questionnaire can be used to gather patient feedback, but you may prefer to use a different questionnaire or feedback tool, designed to meet the needs of your patients. 

Patient questionnaire (English)
Patient questionnaire (Welsh)
Colleague feedback

Guidance on colleague feedback questionnaires

This is aimed at those developing, implementing or commissioning colleague feedback questionnaires for doctor’s revalidation.
Guidance on colleague questionnaires

Example questionnaire and instructions

We've developed an example colleague feedback questionnaire and self-assessment form. They are generic and can be used by any doctor. You may prefer to use a different questionnaire designed to meet the needs of your colleagues. If you use our colleague questionnaire follow our accompanying instructions.
Colleague feedback questionnaire (pdf)
Self-assessment form (pdf)
Guidance on colleague questionnaires (pdf)