The University of Manchester, the University of York, and Plymouth University have released a research paper on "Evaluating the development of medical revalidation in England and its impact on organisational performance and medical practice." The research was commissioned by the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme. The research finds that "the introduction of medical revalidation has fundamentally changed the way that the medical profession is regulated in the United Kingdom, creating a new tripartite relationship between the General Medical Council, organisations which employ or contract with doctors, and the medical profession (individually and collectively)." The research found that revalidation has been easier to implement in large healthcare organizations than for smaller private healthcare providers. The research also found improvements in clinical governance and clinical practice in relation to doctors where there were concerns about quality of care but less impact on improvement for doctors whose performance is good. The report recommends future tailoring of the use of revalidation to take into account specialites, work organization and prior performance.
A report has also been released by the UK Medical Revalidation Evaluation coLLAboration (UMbRELLA), to explore the impacts of revalidation during its first cycle of implementation.
