Now that the TPP requirements have been revised by the TPP partnership, the PDS is also being reviewed to ensure full compatibility. There are no major structural changes to the TPP and some of the revisions have been foreshadowed in the PDS Advice Notes so this should be relatively straightforward for us. We are however taking the opportunity to check for duplication and clarity and will produce a new Version 4 of the main PDS document. There will also be a transition period so trainees should not worry - they can carry on using V3.1 or switch to Version 4 as they wish.  The record sheets they have completed are valid for their completion.  V4 is expected to be launched in March/April 2021, a few weeks after the TPP revised documentation is formally released and we will issue full guidance at that time.  The PDS Managers are fully involved and helping to test out the revisions as we draft them.

Mentor training and information webinars are on hold until Version 4 has been produced and we will publish new dates for 2021 as soon as the new documentation is complete.

Watch this space!