The General Council Subcommittee on PMDS, under Phase 1 of the changes to strengthen PMDS, agreed a new PMDS Form to replace the three separate Role Profile, Interim and Annual Review Forms. Guidelines for completion of the new PMDS Form have also been agreed.

The new PMDS Form will come into operation for all civil servants for the 2012 PMDS cycle.

The practical operation of the new Form during 2012 will be reviewed and, on the basis of the experience, may be amended for 2013 cycle. An electronic version of the new PMDS Form will be rolled out for 2013.

Under Phase 2 of the changes to PMDS, the Subcommittee has agreed that the issues of fairness and consistency in ratings, the role of the reviewer, independent review and the linking of PMDS to the award of increments will be addressed.

Following completion of Phases 1 and 2, a revised General Council Agreement will be drawn up.

The new PMDS Form is available Here and the Guidelines are available here.