The role of appraisal is a supportive forum with confidential discussion.
The purposes of medical appraisal are to:
- To demonstrate fitness to practise for revalidation
- To plan professional development
- To consider personal needs
- To help doctors and their organisations work together
We want an appraisal to achieve:
- Good, safe, professional, resilient, confident, compassionate, principled, practical, healthy, diligent, kind doctors
- That is how it leads to better patient care
A rule of thumb: A good appraisal is felt to be useful by the doctor.
Can we move from: ‘I need to postpone my appraisal because I am under a lot of pressure’ to ‘I need my appraisal because I am under a lot of pressure’
The following link to Appraisal & Revalidation has all the information you will require – Guide to your appraisal
Contacts for the team are as follows:-
Medical Director & Responsible Officer: Dr Kheelna Bavalia
Head of Professional Standards – Iona Neeve – iona.neeve@nhs.net
Deputy Medical Director, Professional Standards – Lowri Kew – l.kew@nhs.net –
Deputy Clinical Appraisal Lead & Clinical Senior Appraiser: Anisio Veloso – anisio.veloso@nhs.net
HLRO Project Officer – Sarah Strong – sarah.strong@nhs.net
GP Appraisal and Revalidation Project Officers – Kate Barnes and Vanessa White
Kindly note that Kate, Vanessa, and the main admin team can be reached via our generic email address: england.gpappraisalsw@nhs.net – do not hesitate to get in touch if we can help with any appraisal or revalidation related queries.
Revalidation for doctors in training
GP registrars should contact revalidation@southwest.hee.nhs.uk