Consultation with stakeholder organisations on College/faculty proposals is now finished.
As each new draft curriculum was received at NHS Employers - either from PMETB or from the submitting College - we included them on this page under the relevant specialty or sub-specialty. NHS Employers' role was to publish each curriculum proposal on this web-page, seek service views on the designated questions below, and coordinate an NHS-wide response to PMETB to meet the timetable for panel decisions.
- Do you believe the curriculum will produce doctors who are qualified and fit for purpose in the future?
- Is the curriculum sufficiently flexible to adapt to changing patterns of treatment and service delivery?
- Are you confident that the service will be able to provide sufficient opportunity for trainees to gain the experience necessary to complete the curriculum?
- In your opinion, does the curriculum adequately address leadership skills, multi-disciplinary team-working and communication skills?
- What will be the identified impact on service delivery resulting from changes to this curriculum?
- Do you feel there are any other issues which might need to be addressed in the curriculum?
We asked for service managers to respond on behalf of their NHS employing organisations, having taken advice from clinical leads and specialists where appropriate. We wanted respondents to consider the impact on multi-professional working within the organisation, in addition to how the trainees will learn and practise their specialist skills.
Consultation process and timetable
Once each draft curriculum became available we listed it on this page within the relevant College/Faculty group, and provided downloadable access for service views. We also publicised these curricula via the weekly NHS Workforce Bulletin.
Summary
By February 2010, NHS Employers had provided the respective PMETB panels with responses on each of the College curricula received. In the vast majority of cases, the curricula were noted and accepted without major comment, and the opportunity for employers' input was welcomed.
Some lessons from the exercise would be fed back to GMC/PMETB in due course about future handling requirements, eg the need to track more clearly where major changes have been recommended to duration, content or outcomes; and also for the exercise to operate to a less tight timetable.