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UK doctors may face revalidation

Linda Beecham, BMJ

The General Medical Council is opening discussions on whether consultants and general practitioners should be revalidated, perhaps at five year intervals, to confirm and show their qualities to the outside world.

The proposals come in the wake of the GMC's decisions on the Bristol case, in which three doctors were found guilty of serious professional misconduct (27 June, p 1924) and the continuation of professional self regulation was called into question.

The GMC's president, Sir Donald Irvine, has invited the BMA, representatives of the medical royal colleges, and other medical organisations to talk about the future of the specialist register and a comparable generalist register for general practice. Sir Donald believes that each specialty should be responsible for the detailed arrangements of any revalidation as happens in the certification for specialist training and vocational training for general practice.

Sir Donald maintains that "a specialist . . . [Full text of this article]

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