UK GPs will be consulted on revalidation proposals

GPs will have to prove that they are good communicators if proposals on revalidation, which are to be sent to all GPs in the United Kingdom before the end of the year, are adopted.

The proposals, which were drawn up by a working group of representatives of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the BMA's General Practitioners Committee, and other organisations of GPs, are a response to the General Medical Council's decision that doctors in all disciplines must show on a regular basis that they are …