Revalidation will need good appraisal summaries

The General Medical Council this week told doctors what type of evidence they would need to provide for their appraisals to ensure that the documentation was sufficient for revalidation.

The council's appraisal implementation group found that appraisal folders that contained a comprehensive summary document were often good enough for revalidation, without reference to the underpinning evidence.

But most summaries in the council's …