Revalidation

Please note that in light of imminent changes around revalidation the information on this page will be subject to change.

Dear FPH member

The White Paper published in February 2007, entitled “Trust, Assurance and Safety – the regulation of health professionals in the 21st Century”, contained proposals to ensure that all the statutorily regulated health professionals have arrangements in place for the revalidation of their professional registration through which they can periodically demonstrate their continued fitness to practice. Specialists working at consultant level will also have to demonstrate that they meet the standards that apply to their particular specialty.

As public health is a multidisciplinary specialty, the Faculty of Public Health expects all of its members with specialist registration to revalidate in a similar manner.

Revalidation will have two components: relicensing and recertification.

  1. Relicensing will be required for all doctors who hold a licence. This process will be largely undertaken through local clinical governance processes with the responsibility for final relicensing resting with the General Medical Council
  2. Recertification will be required for specialists who are on a specialist register (GMC specialist register or GDC specialist list or UKPHR). Recertification will be led by the Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties who will need to provide a ‘positive statement of assurance’ to the relevant register.

The vast majority of public health professionals are practicing to a high standard. Revalidation should be a process that will support continuous quality improvement in standards and practice for both public health professionals and the public alike.

The aim of this anonymous survey is to find what your needs regarding revalidation will be.  Your answers will also help us – officers and staff – to improve the functions and services of the organisation. We very much hope you will spare a few minutes to complete and return the survey by Friday 17 October 2008.

The aggregated findings will be made available to all members and communicated via the FPH monthly email bulletin and the website. This information will go towards informing our strategic planning for 2009 and the development of the Faculty’s revalidation scheme for public health professionals.

Please follow this link to the membership consultation or cut and paste the following into the address bar of your internet browser:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2Hon67Ie_2byYMdQcZ3KjQHA_3d_3d

Best wishes

Alan Maryon-Davis
President, Faculty of Public Health