Confidence in Care

GMC consultation on revalidation launched 1st March 2010
Consultation
document and supporting information can be found at:
www.gmc-uk.org/thewayahead.
www.gmc-uk.org/thewayahead.
Background
The DHSSPS have established the “Confidence in Care” programme co-chaired
by the Chief Medical Officer (Dr Michael McBride) and the Chief Nursing Officer (Martin Bradley). This
programme has been designed to deliver on the recommendations of the White Paper “Trust, Assurance and
Safety”
and the outstanding actions of the DHSSPS report “Improving Patient
Safety: Building Public Confidence”
It is envisaged that this complex programme will run over the next three
years and will provide assurances in relation to safer patient/client care and enhance the Publics confidence
in health and social care professionals.
Programme Objectives
The overarching objectives of the programme are:
- To ensure effective engagement as appropriate with the Minister
- To ensure, through robust programme management, that the recommendations of the DoH working groups and the outstanding work associated with the DHSSPS report “Improving Patient Safety: Building Public Confidence” are successfully coordinated, implemented, monitored and evaluated in Northern Ireland.
- to ensure effective representation , and quality of input, from Northern Ireland into the working groups and harmonisation of the regulatory framework in Northern Ireland
- To ensure there is effective communication with key stakeholders throughout Northern Ireland, taking account of the diversity of professional roles and locations.
In
the context of the programme we have identified ‘stakeholder’ as meaning those who are affected by or
capable of influencing strategy. These may be:
- Key Stakeholders: those who have a position of high importance within the programme or a significant influence upon it.
- Secondary Stakeholders: those persons (or organisations) indirectly affected by programme objectives.
- Primary Stakeholders: those who are ultimately affected, either positively or negatively by programme objectives.
Programme Initiation Document
Confidence in Care - PID Version 1.1 (PDF172KB)
has been compiled and is available to download.
Project Workstreams
There are four project workstreams reporting to the programme board
namely:
1. Revalidation and Medical Education
Chaired by Diane Taylor (Director of HSC, Human Resource, DHSSPS)
Chaired by Diane Taylor (Director of HSC, Human Resource, DHSSPS)
- Related Link
- Medical & Non-medical Revalidation & Medical Education Project Initiation Document (PDF 438KB)
- Medical revalidation - principles and next steps: the Report
of the Chief Medical Officer

- NHS Clinical Governance Support Team Report - Assuring the Quality
of Medical Appraisal

- DH Revalidation Support Team Home Page

- GMC UK Revalidation Programme Board

- GMC FAQ's

- GMC Revalidation Consultation 1st March 2010
- N Ireland Secondary Care Medical Revalidation Project (pdf 453kb)
- N Ireland Medical Revalidation Pilot Project Report by Dr Steve Wilkinson (UEA) (pdf 159kb
2. Professional Regulation
Chaired by Martin Bradley (Chief Nursing Officer, DHSSPS)
- Related Links
- Professional Regulation Project Initiation Document (PDF338KB)
- Enhancing Confidence in Healthcare Professional Regulators
- Extending Professional Regulation

- Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland:-Evalution of National
Pilot

- Health for Health Professionals

3. Tackling Concerns Nationally and Locally
Chaired by Dr Paddy Woods (Senior Medical Officer, DHSSPS)
- Related Links
- Tackling Concerns Locally and Nationally Project Initiation Document (PDF 450KB)
- Responsible officers and their duties relating to the medical
profession – Consultation Document
- Baseline Assessment of Readiness Report June 2009 (PDF 333KB)
4. Pharmacy Group
Chaired by Norman Morrow (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, DHSSPS)
Useful Links
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- General Medical Council
- Health Professions Council
- General Dental Council
- General Optical Council
- Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- General Chiropractic Council
- General Osteopathic Council
Watch
this space
This web page will be updated on a regular basis.
For
further information
please contact Ruth Hutchison,Programme Support Officer:

