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Should General Practices Pay for Accreditation?
QPA Discussion Paper - Download here Executive Summary General practice accreditation was one of a number of strategic policy initiatives from the 1990’s that were aimed to support quality of care and better equip general practices to respond to evolving challenges in...
Quality starts with relationships for Roths General Practice, Tumbarumba
“The whole accreditation journey probably improved team cohesion. We just came together and got through it instead of just one person trying to do it all.” For Shae Goldspink, quality in general practice starts with relationships. “Tumba’s a small close-knit regional...
Defining General Practice – Really?
My background is in rural generalist practice in a small rural community and hospital. Obstetrics, anaesthetics, private general practice and over 38 years of getting out of bed 3 or 4 times a week and every weekend treating community acute care or highway...
Seeing general practice from every angle ~ Dr Melinda Griffiths, GP Surveyor
Dr Melinda Griffiths did not set out expecting general practice to define so much of her professional life. She began in hospitals as a nurse at 17, later trained in medicine, and initially thought her career would head elsewhere. Instead, family circumstances led...
70 years of community care at Banyo Clinic
Some general practices become more than a place people visit when they are unwell. Over time, they become part of family stories, milestones, difficult seasons and everyday life in a community. Banyo Clinic is one of those practices. Last year, the clinic marked 70...
General Practice Accreditation – Fix it or Scrap it?
You can call this a mea culpa, if you like. General Practice Accreditation is one of several initiatives developed since the early 1990s that aimed to enhance the quality of care provided to Australians by general practitioners, and to equip the general practice...