Roles and responsibilities

Paediatricians

• Comply with standards for revalidation relevant to their role and specialty.
• Undertake annual appraisal to confirm compliance with standards for revalidation (GMC and RCPCH standards).
• Collect evidence to demonstrate compliance with standards.
• Link with a Responsible Officer for revalidation recommendation.

Appraisers

• Use appraisal process to annually assess doctors against standards and produce summary of progress.
• Seek advice and guidance from RCPCH, where appropriate, to support specialty revalidation process.

Responsible Officers

• Make declarations to the GMC every five years to confirm doctors in their organisation are fit to practise and meeting standards for revalidation.
• Are in most cases the medical director.
• Usually one per organisation.
• Monitor robustness of systems to support revalidation, including appraisal and clinical governance.
• Guidance is available from Departments of Health in England and Northern Ireland and via the Revalidation Support Team in England

Employers

• Ensure robust systems are in place to support revalidation, including appraisal and clinical governance.
• Appoint a Responsible Officer to the Board for doctors in their organisation.

Medical Royal Colleges

•  Design and implement specialty standards, guidance and tools for revalidation.
• Work with partners to support quality assurance processes for revalidation

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

• Co-ordinate the development of standards, guidance, tools and processes for specialty revalidation across Colleges and Faculties to ensure consistent development and implementation across the different medical specialties.

GMC

• Design and implement a robust system for revalidation of all doctors.
• Work with medical Royal Colleges and other stakeholders to ensure effective introduction and progress of revalidation.

GMC employer liaison advisers

• Provide support, advice and guidance to employers in managing concerns about doctors.
• Pilots underway.

Departments of Health/Revalidation Support Team

• Oversee UK-wide implementation of revalidation via the UK Revalidation Programme Board.
• Develop processes, training and guidance for role of Responsible Officer.
• In England, implementation is also via the NHS Revalidation Support Team
• In Scotland, implementation is led via the Scottish Revalidation Delivery Board
• In Wales, implementation is led via the Welsh Revalidation Delivery Board
• In Northern Ireland, implementation is led via the Revalidation Delivery Group at the DHSSPSNI