Sir, I recently contacted the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) and would like to share some information that will benefit GDC registrants who receive certificates from their course centre that do not fulfil the CPD documentary evidence required by the GDC. For example, not incorporating the aims, objectives, number of CPD hours.

I used to complete the GDC 'Mapping document for verifiable CPD'1 and obtain a signature from the course provider. This accompanied with the course centre certificate meant I felt confident I could prove that I had met the GDC's CPD criteria. You can imagine the disappointment after forgetting the mapping document meaning the course provider's certificate could not be used independently to evidence my CPD.

Following contact with the RCUK they have updated their website to include appropriate certificates that were created following their prior work with the GDC. Five separate certificates are available - PILS, PILS recertification, ILS, ILS recertification and ALS.2 These can be completed by the GDC registrant themselves by adding their name, GDC number and course date, to accompany the certificate provided by the course centre. Together they include evidence that the CPD met the GDC's criteria; this eliminates the need to remember to take and complete the mapping document on the training day.