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

Table 1 Time spent in each of the revalidation states

Revalidation status	Number of consultant-years in revalidation state
Revalidation status	Overall	Per consultant
Pre-revalidation	68,866	3.6
Policy in place	29,736	1.5
Deferred/non-engagement	918	0.0
Revalidated	22,215	1.1
Total	121,735	6.3

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