Doctors are confused and cynical about purpose of revalidation

Doctors are confused and cynical about the purpose of revalidation, and many believe that the process was introduced to “catch a Shipman,” research by the King’s Fund has found. Earlier this month the King’s Fund published a report, commissioned by the NHS’s Revalidation Support Team, on its qualitative assessment of the impact that revalidation has had on doctors’ behaviour.1 Researchers assessed the effects of revalidation at seven sites, including …