Revalidation
GU Medicine Involvement
Mark FitzGerald is lead for BASHH and is supported by Angela Robinson. Recently we have been attending meetings every 6 weeks and responding to various consultations. This is a large process where the outcome has to cover all medical and surgical specialities and workplaces, so clearly our influence is small. But we aim to make sure that no issues specific to GU Medicine get overlooked, so please get in touch via gu.med@tst.nhs.uk if you have a particular concern that needs raising. The Colleges appear keen to get the maximum consensus, accept that they won't get everything right from the outset, but expect the eventual outcome will be robust and workable.
Timescale
• 10/2009 enhanced appraisal pilot (Mersey), reported 2/2010
• 2010 "Pathfinder" pilot (10 sites) reporting 03/2011
• Early 2011 "early adopter" sites
• 2012 first revalidations for 20% of UK hospital doctors and thereafter a rolling programme until all revalidated by 2017
Please also see this Revalidation document
Revalidation Update October 2011
Revalidation Update August 2011
Revalidation Update September 2010
Revalidation Update November 2010
Revalidation Update March 2011
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