LMCs have called on the GMC to work with the BMA to develop a standard appraisal system which will be accepted for revalidation.
Revalidation may never happen if problems with enhanced appraisal and remediation have to be sorted out before it goes ahead, a GMC representative has told the LMCs conference.
GPs must use the 2012 UK LMCs conference this week to urge ministers to halt NHS reform, GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has told GP magazine.
NHS reform and the financial state of the NHS will dominate debate at the UK LMCs conference next week, GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has told GPonline.com.
Royal College of Surgeons president challenges practices to publish data about GPs' performance.
Data showing individual GPs' impact on patient outcomes should be published and could feed into revalidation, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has said.
The GPC is resisting calls to boycott key DH reforms including clinical commissioning, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration and revalidation, which GPs fear will distract them from core work.
GPs will begin to receive letters from 3 December this year telling them when they will be revalidated, the GMC has said.
Prime minister David Cameron and health secretary Andrew Lansley will face calls to resign at the UK LMCs conference in Liverpool this month.
A 'significant number' of GP appraisers could step down over fears that revalidation will change the nature of appraisal, GP leaders have warned.
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