Division Accreditation

Overview

In 2003 the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care commissioned a Standards Setting and Accreditation Literature Review and Report. This report identified the main systems and approaches for standard setting and external review in the Australian Health System.

GPV has been accredited since 2003 with the national Quality Improvement Council (QIC). The report "Divisions of General Practice: Future Directions - Government Response to the Report of the review of the role of Divisions of General Practice", (April 2004) flagged the government's intention to "reward high performers and promote best practice .....and to lift the standards of divisions generally".

In 2005 the Department of Health & Ageing introduced a National Quality and Performance System for the Divisions of General Practice Network.

Within this system the following accreditation models have been recognised for divisions.

• Quality Improvement Council (QIC) Core Module of Standards.
• The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) EQuiP Corporate standards or Quality for Divisions Network (QDN) standards.
• International Organization for Standardizations ISO 9001:2000 Standards.

GPV actively supports and promotes the use of continuous quality improvement (CQI) principles and practices by divisions. A range of support is available within our Star Divisions Program including a six-monthly CQI and Accreditation Network meeting.

An extensive range of resources for divisions has been developed and used within Network meetings.

Accreditation Resources

For further information contact:

Helen Threlfall, Divisions' Consultant, Ph: 03 9341 5209 | Fax: 03 9341 5299 | Mob: 0409 418 582 | Email h.threlfall@gpv.org.au