Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth

Revalidation update J Robert Sneyd

Edinburgh, Sept 2011rob@sneyd.com

Happening in ‘late 2012’…..

If:– Responsible Officers appointed

– Effective clinical governance systems in place

– Effective annual medical appraisal

– Agreed core supporting information

– Agreed strategy for remediation

Preparing for the introduction of medical revalidation: a guide for NHS leaders in England

Preparing for the introduction of medical revalidation:

a guide for NHS leaders in England

• All doctors should receive a regular appraisal– ?Consistency across organisations

• Consistent clinical governance required– Generate data and feedback– Provide evidence of quality of care

• Access to trusted and simple framework– Based on professional values

DATA

Preparing for the introduction of medical revalidation:

a guide for NHS leaders in England

• Clinical governance in the last decade– Made huge improvements– The essential foundation of high quality care

• Revalidation – Simply the next step– The catalyst to ensure consistency of clinical

governance across the UK

• Revalidation requires us to describe what we do routinely & when it goes wrong

• Well established for ICU, maternity and emergencies

Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health Consultants on Labour Ward

Daytime emergency theatres

Compare ICU outcomes

Airway disasters

Spinals EpiduralsNAP3

NAP4

GMC Good Medical Practice

FrameworkFOUR domains1. Knowledge, skills &

performance2. Safety & quality3. Communication,

partnership & teamwork

4. Maintaining trust

Pared down from full GMC advice

GMC 16th March 2011

SIX types1. CPD2. QA3. Significant events4. Feedback (colleagues)5. Feedback (patients)6. Compliments/complaints

GMC 16th March 2011

Core supporting information

Specialty Standards 2009

CPD Matrix (Clinical)• Three levels:

– Level One• Restricted area of essential knowledge - LIST

– Level Two (Knowledge and skills)• Directly related to on-call activity - LIST

– Level Three (Knowledge and skills)• Go to SpecSoc meetings

CPD credits and activities• Minimum of 50 credits per year with some

flexibility

– Internal • Minimum 20 credits

– Minimum of 10 from local clinical governance meetings

– External• Minimum 20 credits

Colleague and Patient Feedback:

GMC

GMC 4th April 2011

Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth

Revalidation update J Robert Sneyd

Edinburgh, Sept 2011rob@sneyd.com