Revalidation may target older GPs
18th March 2013
By Guest Writer
Dr Flynn said she had already spoken to Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan, who told her the board could target older doctors if evidence showed they were higher risk.
Ms Ryan believed “targeting people on the basis of age alone is discriminatory, but if you‘ve actually got evidence that they’ve got greater risk then it might justify targeting some intervention”,
Dr Flynn told reporters at a revalidation conference.
