Do the certification panels which are used to review specialty equivalence have relevant specialty expertise?
Where we have concerns about an application or an evaluation from a Royal College or Faculty or where we need to seek clarification on an evaluation or for quality assurance purposes a case may be considered by a Certification Panel. This happens particularly where the application or evaluation does not appear to comply with our requirements. Certification Panels are made up of specialists on the Specialist or GP Registers and lay members. The specialists may be in the same specialty as the application, but must not be a College assessor for such cases. If there is no specialist on the panel in the specialty of the application, the panel will call on designated expert advice in that specialty, where needed.
