Revalidation to the UKPHR
The United Kingdom Public Health Register (UKPHR) intends to ensure a system of revalidation that is rigorous, timely, effective, affordable and appropriate to its multidisciplinary and multi-professional membership, and that is equivalent to those in public health being revalidated by other, mainly statutory, regulators, such as the General Medical Council (GMC).
Revalidation will be mandatory for all specialist registrants who intend to remain in active practice from the date of implementation.
The register intends to commence implementation of revalidation of specialist registrants by the end of 2012 as an Assured Voluntary Register under the auspices of Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE).
The revalidation system will be based on the five principles of regulation; it should be:
- transparent (clarity of standards/remediation process)
- equitable
- consistent
- proportionate
- targeted where action is needed.
In addition, the regulatory system needs to sustain the confidence of both public and professionals. It should contribute to ensuring and maintaining a high-quality workforce. Revalidation should be robust whilst also proportionate to the risks to patients and/or the public posed by registrants.
Collaboration between UKPHR and other, statutory, regulators is aimed at minimising the additional burden of revalidation for those who are dually registered.
Revalidation involves affirmation of good practice in the field of the registrant’s current sphere of practice. It will normally complement other governance processes at local level.
Revalidation will be based on meeting the requirements of Good Public Health Practice and of the specialist public health competencies deployed by the registrant during the period of revalidation, which it is proposed will be five years.
Further guidance will be added when it is made available.
