annual revalidation for pharmacists?

[Rafael]

i read somewhere about future plans to have an annual revalidation for registered pharmacists to test their 'fitness to practice'. has anyone heard about such a thing?

[johnep]

Read the PJ.
johnep

[Tony Schofield]

The proposal is the same for nurses and doctors.

Personally I am for it so long as it is a meaningful appraisal and takes cognescence of current practice as opposed to a bunch of academics evaluating that which they may feel is appropriate in their closeted world.

I also understood it to be every 3 years.

[TigerSwift]

I heard there was going to be revalidation procedures every 3 or 5 years. I think it was going to be based on a CPD portfolio, and/or an exam (think the exam was for underperformers). This was heard by word of mouth, either at a branch meeting or BPC... i can't rightly remember.

There is some stuff on the PJ Online website, i havn't read the PJ for a few weeks so my little paragraph above this one may be out of date.