The list below is collated from all the pages and sections in this toolkit.
Your first source of help and advice on supporting information should be your appraiser.
Your local postgraduate centre may be able to help with practical teaching and learning - for example on audit.
All areas have NHS prescribing advisers. Some are pharmacists, others are doctors. All have a specific remit to help doctors working in general practice to examine their prescribing.
Some NHS areas have a referrals adviser. It may be possible to gain advice on referral pathways or your referral statistics.
Most NHS hospital and community X-ray departments are able to extract reports and data for a named user of their services. Most laboratories are led by clinicians who are happy to advise on appropriate use of their services.
In some areas a review service is offered for video consultations, although you may have to pay for this. Ask your postgraduate centre if this is available.
The RCGP e-learning is an invaluable source of information on many aspects of practice.
Doctors who undertake a small volume of work may find it useful to refer to the NHS England guidance "Supporting doctors who undertake a low volume of NHS General Practice clinical work", March 2019(6).
Whilst the document is intended for GPs it makes a number of points that are helpful and relevant for all doctors who undertake a small volume of work to consider when approaching an appraisal.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has a "Low volume of clinical work structured reflective template (SRT)" which you might also find useful (the reflection tool below is based on this template).
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the membership body for the UK and Ireland’s 24 medical royal colleges and faculties, has a "Factors for consideration" template for doctors wishing to reassure themselves that they are competent across the whole scope of their work including those doing a low volume of a particular scope of practice, especially clinical practice.
This BMA (British Medical Association) article may also be of interest: Staying on top when your work drops off (bma.org.uk)
This page was last updated on: 08/11/2024
