Connections meeting and MVP definition 25 August

Background

We have had a range of meetings that have helped us understand more about revalidation and we have worked through the logic that underpins Connections.

We have agreed that the focus of the team will be on Revalidation, specifically:

Developing improved filtering in Recommendations so that the function can be used by all teams effectively.
Developing Connections
Also (for information) doing work on the data flows between Revalidation and GMC as that understanding is a prerequisite for the Connections work.

Purpose of the meeting -

To describe the problem we are trying to solve with Connections and agree MVP.
To give a steer an operational problem.

Agenda

Recap on a meeting on 12 August 2022 --- Edit - User session on Connections 12/08/22 - New TIS Confluence Space - Confluence (atlassian.net)
What’s the problem we are trying to solve and MVP definition + some some more questions
Edit - User session on Connections 12/08/22 - New TIS Confluence Space - Confluence (atlassian.net)

MVP questions

	Question	Notes 1	Answer

Question

Notes 1

Answer

1

What is the problem we are trying to solve by having a Connections function?

Why is GMC Connect not sufficient?

We know that docs have to be connected to a designated body (DB)
We know that teams need to maintain a list of connected doctors and this a statutory requirement.
We understand GMC Connect provides rudimentary functions and that teams want a “one-stop-shop” in TIS
We believe teams want a definitive list of connected doctors

< How connections fits in with the day to day.

< are teams manually disconnecting / connecting 1325

< in an ideal work doctors manage connections, but in reality teams need to intervene to maintain the connected list.

< teams who manage programmes are not necessarily the teams who manage reval.

< discrepancies used to manage connection and disconnected. Discrepancy list compared with GMC.

< discrepancy list is the work to action to address differences et al.

< how d you know what action to take? Doc should be connected / disconnected. Data differences.

< Teams need control over connections

< current on legacy / spreadsheet.

< connected doctors - does this different from all doctors list?

< hidden doctors - hiding from coming up as a discrepancy. AD connected.

< 1347 is knowing why a doctor is flagged as discrepancy - is that important? Why the doctor has appeared in the discrepancy list - clear whether things connected or disconnected.

Problem - doctors cannot be relied upon to manage their own connections and TIS data not always up-to-date.

<

MVP - definitive list of doctors currently connected to a DB, as mirrored on GMC connect, and the ability to manage discrepancies / connected/disconnected.

2

Is a core purpose of Connection the management of discrepancies

Linked to the above…
Is Connections about managing discrepancies e.g. where something is different / changes and who is / is not connected.

3

What is the MVP that will enable all teams to use Connections (if that’s what we agree)

Quick questions

2	Who disconnects doctor at the end of his/her programme?	Should be the doctor, but often the team. Not auto.
4	Does an admin need to know why a discrepancy has been flagged?
5	Are there only two ways a doctor can be connected - by a HEE admin or by the doctor themselves?	GMC can add the doctor.