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Why GP Tools will never upsell.

Wikipedia defines Upselling as a sales technique whereby a seller induces the customer to purchase more expensive items, upgrades or other add-ons in an attempt to make a more profitable sale. We believe that the whole revalidation industry that has sprouted out of nowhere is at its core built on upselling. If it were up […]

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Revalidation update – requirements relaxed

Due to guidance from the GMC and the revalidation survey carried out this year which is finally coming to a conclusion, the vast majority of Royal College’s have updated the requirements for revalidation. Because of the underlying tone of revalidation being seen as an onerous activity detracting from patient care, the criteria have been relaxed. It […]

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RCGP statement on freedom of appraisal toolkit choice

The RCGP recommends that your portfolio of supporting information should include all the core elements required by the GMC in a format that is professionally presented, typed so that it is legible, and capable of being transmitted electronically. NHS England clearly says that, while they require appraisals to be submitted electronically and not on paper, […]

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Londonwide LMCs statement on freedom of appraisal toolkit choice

The following is a communication from the Londonwide LMCs to all London based GPs regarding freedom of appraisal toolkit choice (27 January 2016 – emphasis added). Dear Colleague. As you will know, NHSE funding for the use of the Clarity appraisal toolkit has ceased. Although many of you will pay for and continue to use […]

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Freedom of appraisal toolkit choice

Dear Colleagues, With the recent changes in NHS funding for appraisal toolkits. It is now the respoonsibility of the individual doctor to pay for thier online appraisal and revalidation toolkit. Common sense dictates that as doctors are going to be paying for their toolkit they should be able to choose whichever appraisal vehicle / toolkit […]

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100 complimentary subscriptions give away for London GPs

As you are all aware by now, London NHS regions will no longer be funding any apprasial and revalidation toolkits from April 2016. To celebrate this decision, we are going to offer 1 year complimentary subscriptions to a randomly selected  group of 100 London GPs. Remember that we do not take any payment details from […]

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Appraisal discussion feedback enabled for all users

Complete and send appraisal feedback After some great feedback by users we have now enabled appraisal feedback for everyone. After you have completed your appraisal disucssion documentation you may complete and send feedback directly to your appraisal team. Again, keeping in line with our mottto ‘as easy as email’ it only takes a few minutes […]

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Happy new year to all our users

Happy new year First of all a big happy new year to all our users. You have truly contributed with your suggestions and feedback to make GP Tools an incredible way to record appraisal information. Congratulations to the thousands who have been revalidated using GP Tools in 2013. We are also looking forward to welcoming […]

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iPhone app released

iPhone App now available We are proud to announce that our new iPhone application is available to download on the iTunes store. We have taken great care to ensure that it fulfils our criteria of being as easy to use as email. Please let us know what you think of it.

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