ACCREDITATION

The Accreditation process assesses the quality of a general practice against professionally developed and trialed standards. In our case, these standards are set by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). At Federation Clinic this assessment is provided by Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL), an independent company with representatives from peak Australian medical organisations.
Accreditation involves a three-yearly cycle where practices perform self-assessment against the RACGP Standards for General Practices and then request a survey visit of the practice’s organisation and facilities. A report prepared by AGPAL may detail actions required by the practice. A continuous quality improvement cycle to improve the internal organisation and management is maintained after the assessment as practices work towards the next accreditation time.
On achievement of accreditation a practice recieves an AGPAL Accreditation Certificate and recognition as an accredited general practice.

At Federation Clinic we have been taking part in this process for many years and, after the last two cycles, have been honoured with national awards – the RACGP/AGPAL Victorian Practice of the Year 2002-3 and the AGPAL Quality Innovation Award 2006.