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RCGP Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners - Version 3.0 (18th January 2010)The Royal College of General Practitioners has updated it's revalidation guide. The key changes include:
- Adoption of the use of the phrase “supporting information” in place of “evidence”, in keeping with other relevant organisations
- Adjustment of the timelines to reflect the fact that the Early Adopters programme (in which the first doctors will revalidate) will now start in the year 2011/12
- The possibility of GPs submitting a quality improvement project in the place of a second clinical audit
- Reference to the revalidation of GPs in training
- Simplification of the Learning Credits (Supporting information area 6)
- A refinement of the definition of activities included in extended practice (Supporting information area 13)
- Emphasis of the discretion that will be required by Responsible Officers for assessing supporting information for revalidation.
Guide
New PAGB/RCGP Flu leaflet to be delivered to Pharmacies and GP surgeries (11th September 2009)The Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have jointly published a new leaflet "The battle against flu and colds". The leaflet will be delivered to pharmacies and GP surgeries across the UK from 14th September 2009.
Leaflet
Shared Record Professional Guidance (SRPG) (18th August 2009)The purpose of the Shared Record Professional Guidance (SRPG) project was to develop a set of professionally led guidelines that would consider the governance, medico-legal and patient safety consequences of Shared Electronic Patient Record (SEPR) systems in primary care. Dr Alan Hassey FRCGP said "The publication of these SRPG principles, underpinned by sound research, is likely to guide and accelerate the processes of information sharing that are crucial for improving care.
We hope the report, which was commissioned by NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH), will prove immediately useful to a wide range of professional groups, and that the principles established are worthy of wider consideration throughout the NHS."
Guidance
News
RCGP Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners (1st April 2009)This guide from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) sets out for the first time the RCGPs current proposals for the processes and evidence that will be required in order for GPs to be revalidated.
Guide
Proteinuria: detection and quantitation in adults using ACR: information for GPs (12th March 2009)Proteinuria is an important indicator of kidney disease, and the risk of its progression; its measurement is part of the diagnosis, staging and monitoring of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Information sheets have been produced for laboratories, and for GPs, which summarise the benefits of using ACR, and provide practical guidance on its use.
Information Sheet Changing Partnerships (19th March 2009)This discussion paper, from the Royal College of General Practitioners, questions whether the shifting employment landscape will ultimately diminish the role of the GP in the UK and lead to fewer candidates choosing general practice as a career.
Until the late 1990s a partnership arrangement with doctors working as self-employed contractors was the norm, but the recent rise of salaried positions among younger GPs has led to concerns over the future continuity and quality of patient care, and specifically doctors' personal and financial commitment to their work in the community.
Paper
