To ask the Minister of Health to detail his Department’s policy on reviewing the work of consultants employed by Health and Social Care Trusts.

Revalidation is an evaluation of a doctor’s fitness to practice. Every licensed doctor who practises medicine must revalidate. Revalidation supports the doctor to develop their practice, drives improvements in clinical governance and gives our patients confidence that our doctors are up to date with their practice. The annual appraisal has the GMC’s ‘Good Medical Practice’ as its focus and covers all of the doctor’s medical practice.

HSC Trusts implement the General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) Regulations 2012. Under these regulations Trusts must set up processes and procedures to support and facilitate consultant appraisal and revalidation. This carried out in accordance with the GMC guidance: Supporting Information for Appraisal and Revalidation and Good Medical Practice Framework for Appraisal and Revalidation.