COVID-19 Health Emergency

ALL APPRAISALS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Key points

All appraisals in the next 6 months will not go ahead.
There will be no detriment to any doctor: they will all be approved.
The GMC are reallocating Revalidation dates for the same period and will notify GPs of their new date.
If anyone has any concerns please contact their local appraisals administration team.

20th March 2020.

Official notification

"As National Responsible Officer for NHS England and Improvement and the person who delegates the Senior Responsible Owner function for The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010 (amended 2013) in England I strongly recommend that appraisals are suspended from the date of this letter until further notice, unless there are exceptional circumstances agreed by both the appraisee and appraiser.

This should immediately increase capacity in our workforce by allowing appraisers to return to clinical practice. "

Letter to Responsible Officers
(National Medical Director NHS England and NHS Improvement, 19th March 2020)
Frequently asked questions (NHSE, March 2020)

Support for COVID-19 stress

Support for doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic (NHSE SW, March 2020)

Frontline Distress Service for NHS workers on the frontline of COVID-19