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Does regulation increase the rate at which doctors leave practice? Analysis of routine hospital data in the English NHS following the introduction of medical revalidation

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1270-4

Published Online: 2019-02-11

Published Print: 2019-12

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Gutacker, Nils http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2833-0621
Bloor, Karen

Bojke, Chris

Archer, Julian

Walshe, Kieran
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Department of Health Policy Research Programme (PR-R9-0114-11002)
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Article History

Received: 2 August 2018

Accepted: 22 January 2019

First Online: 11 February 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethics approval is not normally required for secondary analysis of anonymised administrative data. Nevertheless, ethical approval for this study was awarded by the University of Manchester ethics committee (REC 15227) on the 29th May 2015.

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: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at ExternalRef removed and declare: all authors had financial support from the Department of Health Policy Research Programme for the submitted work; JA and KW have received research grant funding from the General Medical Council for a related research project. JA is a practising NHS consultant subject to revalidation. We have no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years; and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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