School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - ARCPs

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ARCPs

You will not be required to attend ARCP Assement panels. Please note, your ePortfolio must be fully updated two weeks before as the panel will review your documentation, before feeding back to the Training Programme Directors on the day of the panel.

Required Documentation   

Please ensure all competencies are achieved for the training year you are being assessed against:  

Educational Supervisor's Report. 

1. Please complete your Educational Supervisor's report with your supervisor a minimum of 1-2 weeks before your ARCP. This is to enable our ARCP panel member to review prior to the ARCP date.
2. Please ensure this is signed by both you and your educational supervisor.

OOP  

1. If you are OOPR/E/T, the panel would like to see a report from your current supervisor. This can be in the form of a letter, or a short report detailing your progress.
2. For OOPE/R please do not use the ES meeting/ESR reports on the ePortfolio, please submit a separate document.
3. If you are OOPC please upload an update for the panel.

This needs to be uploaded to your portfolio in 'other evidence section'

CCT calculator

1. Please upload your CCT calculator to your Eportfolio in the 'other evidence' section marked CCT calculator (Month/year of ARCP).   
2. The panel will access this via your Eportfolio.

Any questions regarding competencies please liaise with either your Educational Supervisor or your Training Programme Director.   

Form R

Form R (Part B) – please complete all sections of the document, this document should now be completed via the TIS Self Service System (Full instructions on how to sign up are below).   

• Navigate to TIS Self Service
• Sign up using the email address you have previously notified to NHS England
• The following guidance provides additional information TIS self-service guide.

Once completed, please save a copy of your Form R in your e-portfolio. Please note, this needs to be in PDF format.

Please return the form R document no later than 2 weeks before ARCP.

Following the ARCP Assessment panel, if you are awarded a development outcome (2, 3, or 4) you will be required to attend a Feedback panel on MS teams. Please note, attendance to this is mandatory.

Following the ARCP Assessment panel, if you are awarded a outcome 5 you will have up to 6 weeks to submit your evidence (2 weeks for a form R). If evidence is submitted within that timeframe your outcome will automatically be updated. If you do not submit your evidence you will be required to attend a Feedback panel on MS teams. Please note, attendance to this is mandatory.

Residents Doctors (RDs) that are due on Annual ARCP but are not to be assessed due to Parental or Sick Leave. Please note all RDs, even those on an Out of Programme (OOP) rotation or those not having an ARCP for other reasons e.g. parental or sick leave, should complete an annual Form R Part B.

If you do not provide the Form R, the specialty team will chase once. After that, it will be for revalidation to follow up if needed for revalidation purposes.

The revalidation team checks a doctor’s scope of practice when they are under notice of revalidation

Any questions regarding the ARCP process, please email england.obsgyn.nw@nhs.net.

Assesment Panels

15/09/2026

24/11/2026

02/02/2027 - please note change of date from 04/02/2027

Feedback Panels

01/10/2026

10/12/2026

25/02/2027

Page last updated: 16 October 2026