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It is for UK doctors preparing for annual medical appraisal and GMC revalidation, including doctors in substantive posts, locum work, training, portfolio careers or without a designated body.

The app contains the complete Medical Appraisal Hub guide and private portfolio tools for recording CPD, reflections, teaching, cases, procedures, clinics, theatre activity and quality improvement.

No. Medical Appraisal Hub is an independent practical guide written for UK doctors. It explains appraisal in plain English and links to the relevant GMC and official source material where appropriate.

Use the Add to your phone button at the top of Help & Support for instructions matched to your device. On iPhone, use Safari’s Share menu and choose Add to Home Screen. On Android, Chrome may show an Install app or Add to Home screen option.

Apple does not allow websites to open the iPhone installation prompt automatically. The app therefore opens the correct page and shows the short Safari steps you need to follow.

The installed app is designed to keep the app shell and guide pages you have recently opened available on your device. Signing in, saving portfolio records and opening private files require an internet connection.

You can read the appraisal guide without an account. You need to create an account or log in before you can save private portfolio records and uploaded evidence.

Your portfolio records are tied to your signed-in account and are not displayed publicly. Read the GDPR and Privacy Policy for more detail about the information used to operate the service.

You can record case-based discussions, reflections, teaching, clinical cases, procedures, theatre and clinic activity, quality improvement, internal CPD, external CPD and other supporting evidence.

Yes. Relevant record types let you attach a PDF, image, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ODT or text file of up to 10 MB. Never upload patient-identifiable information.

Open Appraisal tools and select Records. You can export an individual category in Word or Excel, download uploaded evidence, or export the whole portfolio.

No. The tools help you collect and organise evidence throughout the year. You can export that material when preparing your formal appraisal portfolio in FourteenFish or another platform used by your designated body.

Do not include names, dates of birth, NHS or hospital numbers, addresses, exact dates or unusual combinations of details that could identify a patient. Anonymise reflections from the outset.

Yes. Sign in with the same account to access your portfolio on a phone, tablet or computer. The app itself can be added to the Home Screen on each supported device.

Please use the Support tab and tell us which page you were using, what happened and which phone or browser you were using. Do not include patient information.