Information on how to submit your questions and feedback to the Commission for the NGPA Scheme.
Summary of accreditation outcomes and lessons learnt from the assessment of general practices against the RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing (5th edition).
Information for general practices and accrediting agencies regarding accreditation assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To support implementation of the NGPA Scheme, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) provides guidance for the following:
- Notification of significant risk
- Extensions and appeals
- Out-of-cycle assessments
- Hybrid assessments
- Early assessments.
General practices wishing to become accredited to the RACGP Standards for general practices and/or RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing, will need to engage an approved accrediting agency to conduct their practice’s accreditation assessment.
Resources and advisories have been developed to assist general practices and accrediting agencies adhere to the requirements of the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.
Accreditation provides assurances to the community that a general practice meets expected standards for safety and quality. It is a formal program in which trained independent reviewers assess a general practice’s evidence of implementation of the RACGP Standards for general practices and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing.
Information for organisations seeking approval as an accrediting agency under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.
The Commission in collaboration with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) developed the NGPA Scheme, which commenced on 1 January 2017.
The NGPA Scheme supports the accreditation of Australian general practices to the RACGP Standards for general practices and the RACGP Standards for point-of-care testing (as of November 2021).