NELG
North-East Employed and Locum GPs
Appraisal and Revalidation
All GPs are required to undergo annual appraisal. National agreements between the Department of Health and the BMA have secured funding to ensure this occurs in protected time for all GPs whether partners, salaried or locums.
The original Department of Health guidance and forms can be downloaded from here:
- Pre-appraisal forms
- Post-appraisal forms
- Scharr Report - Full / Summary
- Scharr Report on Extending Appraisal to Non-principals
ATTENTION CALLING ALL SESSIONAL GPS- Revalidation Pilot focusing on sessional GPs running in northern deanery from oct 09 to April 2010
There is some concern that sessional GPs (especially locums and OOH GPs) and isolated rural GPs may struggle to meet the evidence requirements of revalidation. The Royal College of GPs is funding a research project in the Northern deanery to look into this. Can you help ?
Participants would be asked to attend 2 focus groups approximately 3 months apart to discuss their views and experiences on evidence collection. They would also be asked to try and collect one or 2 of 3 kinds of evidence and report back on the difficulties they experienced. (The 4 kinds would be audit, significant events analysis, combined multisource feedback and patient surveys).
Focus group meetings over a wide area.The team is also interested in coming out to run a focus group with any self-directed learning groups of sessional GPs.
The first focus groups have been arranged in Newcastle for the following dates all 7-9 pm at
the northern deanery 10-12 Framlington place NE24AB Room G2
Thursday 15th October
Wednesday 21st October
Tuesday 27th October
Monday 2nd November
Wednesday 11th November
Tuesday 17th November
Further information about this project (FAQs) will be available from the northern deanery website from the 12th of October 2009.
Why take part ? Some benefits
There is funding from the project for helping you purchase one of the commercial packages of patient surveys and multisource feedback, but no other funding for participants.
Participating in the pilot is a real opportunity to shape and influence the final revalidation format to ensure it is suitable for all GPs.
What to do now...
If you are a sessional GP (especially one without a regular practice, or employed for few sessions or in a remote rural practice) , and you are interested in taking part in this pilot PLEASE RESPOND NOW to this email indicating your
NAME;
MOBILE NUMBER;
WORKING STATUS (LOCUM; retainer; salaried);
WORK LOCATION (Newcastle, Teeside, Cumbria etc)
Send your reply to
northern-deanery-research@ncl.ac.uk, 0191 2223042.
The deanery research team will then contact you to obtain further details.
NELG appraisal Toolkit by Paula Wright
This toolkit is aimed to help sessional GPs prepare and collect evidence for appraisal.
LINKS TO USEFUL SITES
Please click on the words below in red for links to useful information.
RCGP guide to revalidation April 2009
This is a key document.
Department of Health GP appraisal-guidance
Funding for GP appraisal - BMA guidance
NHS Appraisal toolkit
Northern deanery appraisal page
North Of Tyne NHS appraisal Procedures
TRUST ASSURANCE AND SAFETY- THE WHITE PAPER ON MEDICAL REGULATION
The white paper which sets out proposals for revalidation was published in February 2007.
The link below will take you to further information.
White paper on medical regulation
SCottish RCGP Revalidation Toolkit
Minimum evidence requirement for appraisal North of Tyne
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Letter to practices asking them to support locums in collecting evidence for revalidation.
A letter has been sent by the North of tyne appraisal lead to all North of tyne practices on this matter. It can be downloaded below.
letter to practice about locum evidence
Minium evidence checklist North of Tyne
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Performance concerns identified through appraisal: North of Tyne policy
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Colleague feedback- notes by Di Jelley Northern deanery appraisal lead
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APPRAISAL NORTH OF TYNE
From July 2007 appraisal of GPs working in the 3 North of Tyne PCTs (Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland) will be delivered and managed by a unified system.
Enquiries should be directed to:
Jacqui Douglas
Appraisal Manager
Medical Directorate, North of Tyne
North Tyneside Primary Care Trust
Equinox House
Silver Fox Way
Cobalt Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE27 0QJ
Tel: 0191 291 9407
Fax: 0191 291 9293
Email: Jacqui Douglas
or
Dr Di Jelley
Northern deanery appraisal and revalidation adviser.
Susan Wade
Mike Guy (medical director North of Tyne NHS)
APPRAISAL Gateshead
Appraisal Lead (Gateshead) Manjit Suchdev.
Email:Manjit Suchdev
Manager: (send form4s to) Michael Allison, Business Manager, Medical Directorate Sunderland Teaching PCT, Loftus House Colima Avenue, Sunderland enterprise park,
SR53XB
Contact 5297000
SUNDERLAND/ SOUTH TYNESIDE/ GATESHEAD
Overall appraisal lead:
Geoff Stephenson
Management contact for Sunderland:
Michelle Harrison
GP Appraisal/Business Officer
NHS South of Tyne and Wear
Loftus House
olima Avenue
Sunderland Enterprise Park
Sunderland
Tyne & Wear
SR5 3XB
Tel: 0191 5297229
Fax:0191 5297240
Email: michelle.harrison@sotw.nhs.uk
management contact for Gateshead and South Tyneside
Manager: (send form4s to) Michael Allison, Business Manager, Medical Directorate Sunderland Teaching PCT, Loftus House Colima Avenue, Sunderland enterprise park,
SR53XB
Michael.Allison@sotw.nhs.uk
Contact 5297000
COUNTY DURHAM
Linda Khalil
GP Appraisal/CPD Coodinator
County Durham and Darlington PCTs
Bracken Hill Business Park
Fern Court
Peterlee
Co Durham
SR8 2RR
Tel No: 0191 587 4850
Switchboard: 0191 587 6000
Fax No: 0191 518 4329
email: Linda Khalil