Update: Appraisal Toolkit
NHS England funding for the use of the Clarity appraisal toolkit has ceased. Although many of you will pay for and continue to use Clarity, we have been asked to remind you that, should you wish, there are alternative toolkits as well as the free downloadable MAG form.
There is no requirement in the regulations to use any particular vehicle for your appraisal, although it may remain convenient to you to use a toolkit with which you, your appraiser and the responsible officers are familiar.
We recommend that GPs intending to use an alternative inform their appraisers well before their next appraisal date, and check with any alternative supplier the mechanism for transferring previous appraisal data from Clarity.
NHS England recently wrote to those who have not taken up Clarity:
Please note that as an appraisee you will no longer have access to Clarity after the 31 March 2016. If your appraisal is not showing as “Complete” by the 31 March, you will not be able to make any further amendments, including the sign off and hence you will not have a documented completed appraisal for 2016. So please make sure you have given your appraiser time to write up the summary of your appraisal before the 31 March so that you can do the final signoff.
Please also ensure you have downloaded all your appraisal documentation from Clarity before the 31 March. For the second revalidation cycle, your last 5 appraisals will need to be available to your Responsible Officer for a revalidation recommendation to be made to the GMC on your behalf. Please keep your appraisals in a safe and secure place as it is your responsibility to ensure the appraisals are available to the appraisal and revalidation team when needed.
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