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Quality management and revalidation support

Quality Management

We work with a wide range of stakeholders to provide guidance, support and drive forward continuous improvement.

  • We lead on, and contribute to, all Wales groups to oversee and support medical revalidation, ensuring consistency in policies, guidance and quality improvement.
  • We provide a programme of training events and resources for Appraisers; this includes an annual appraisal quality assurance (AQA)exercise. The aim of the AQA event is to quality assure appraisal summary outputs in primary and secondary care across Wales, while also providing ongoing support and training for Appraisers.
  • All Appraisers are encouraged to attend the event to network with colleagues and share appraisal skills. This event builds on CPD for appraisers in their role while also supporting the RSU to identify themes and improvements for appraisal summary quality.
  • We lead a programme of quality management activities, including Revalidation Quality Assurance Reviews to all designated bodies in Wales. The reviews provide assurances to the Chief Medical Officer that appraisal and revalidation systems are continuously developing to meet, and ideally, exceed defined quality standards. Additionally, we undertake various quality improvement projects to explore new ways of working, offering recommendations and guidance to enhance our systems and processes in Wales. The outcomes of our quality work are then used to develop an all-Wales action plan to support this ongoing commitment to quality improvement.
  • We manage the Revalidation in Wales website, which details the processes for ensuring a consistent approach to revalidation and appraisal across Wales. The site is provided on behalf of Welsh Government and is developed and supported by the RSU.