MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCGP
Co-Founder & GP Partner, Core Revision
David is an NHS GP Partner and a partner in Core Revision. He helps write the questions for the GP diploma banks and reviews questions across the wider content, drawing on the most up-to-date UK guidance and mapping to the RCGP curriculum, with a strong focus on clinical realism and exam relevance.
He particularly enjoys chronic disease management and brings experience from palliative care into how complex clinical decisions are framed and explained.
Favourite topics: Medical statistics · Palliative care · Evidence-based medicine
Outside of work: Gardening and baking.
Every Core Revision resource is written by a practising UK GP, peer-reviewed by another GP and reviewed for learning design. How we write our questions · About the Core Revision team
The Certificate in Geriatric Medicine: 200 best-of-five questions in four online papers on 24 February 2027, the new January 2027 curriculum, exam day and a plan to prepare.
The DGM clinical exam station by station: who is in the room, what you do in 15 minutes, the three domains each examiner grades, 2026–27 dates and how to prepare.
Nurses can sit the CGM and DGM. Who is eligible, what the two stages test, where the diploma helps a nurse or ANP, and where it does not.
Pharmacists can sit the CGM and DGM. Who is eligible, how the curriculum covers polypharmacy and deprescribing, where it stretches you, and whether it is worth it.
MCQ papers on 10 May and 8 November 2027. The FOM-approved course requirement, the 80-question paper, the portfolio and 20-minute oral, £530 per part, and a plan that fits around a GP job.
Saturday 3 April and Saturday 2 October 2027, with booking windows and results dates. 120 SBAs in three hours, modified Angoff, £556, the seven RCOG modules and how to plan your revision back from the date.
Foundation of Practice on 17 February, 23 June and 13 October 2027; DCH Clinical in May and November. Fees rising to £660, the new six-attempt rule from 1 November 2026, and pass marks.
CGM on 24 February 2027 (apply 14 December to 18 January), then the four-station DGM in Liverpool in June or November. Who can sit it, the 200-question format, fees (£642 in 2026, £668 in 2027), and a two-stage plan.
The 2027 DTM&H exam is on Tuesday 25 May 2027; the fee and application dates are still to be confirmed. Who runs it, the four papers, who can sit it and a paper-by-paper plan.
No exam date: portfolio, a 50-question online theory assessment with a 60% pass mark, five assessed consultations with a Registered Trainer, and a virtual assessment half-day. Fees and the order to do it in.
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