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General practice accreditation is independent recognition that a practice is committed to delivering safe, high quality health care to their patients by complying with the RACGP Standards.
Benefits of accreditation include:
- Improving patient safety and overall health outcomes
- Improving practice efficiency
- Access to financial incentives – PIPs
- Reducing risk in practice
- Improving the practice environment
- Building a culture of quality within general practice
Ideally, practices should commence preparation for accreditation 12 months prior to their due date.
Useful resources:
- RACGP Standards for general practice 5th edition
- RACGP 5th edition Infection Prevention and control standards
- RACGP Resource Guide
- RACGP Patient feedback guide
- AGPAL- Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd
- Quality Practice Accreditation Pty Ltd
- The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
- RACGP factsheets and webinars
- RACGP Computer and information security standards
- RACGP Computer and information security templates
- RACGP Privacy and managing health information in general practice
- RACGP toolkit for developing practice specific questionnaires
- Interpretive Guide to the RACGP Standards for general practice (4th edition) for Aboriginal community-controlled health services
- RACGP Managing emergencies and pandemics in general practice
- RACGP Guidelines for preventive activates in general practice 9th edition (red book)
- RACGP Guidelines for the implementation of prevention in general practice setting 3rd edition (Green book)
- Practice Incentive Program (PIP) and Service Incentive Payment (SIP)
- Emergency Response Planning Tool
- Vaccine Storage Guidelines Strive for Five
- The Australian Immunisation Handbook 10th edition
- GPA accreditation webinars