GPs could be forgiven for expressing some scepticism about the introduction of revalidation. Substantive proposals for the reform of medical regulation were put forward by the General Medical Council (GMC) in 19971 and criteria against which GPs performance could be judged were first published by the RCGP in 2002.2 It is 3 years since the Chief Medical Officer described a comprehensive framework to support revalidation3 and more than 2 years since the Secretary of State for Health presented detailed recommendations to parliament.4 Clinicians have seen proposed launch dates come and go and still there is no certainty about when the process will start.
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