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Health systems and environmental policy

RACGP policies, from a systems and environmental perspective, seek to advocate within the community, government and the profession on issues relating to quality primary health care and general practice.

Health systems and environmental policy is built on the RACGP’s core values, and is categorised in the following areas:

Defining our discipline
Promoting quality general practice
Supporting excellence
Advocating for general practice
Enhancing equity and access
Facilitating capability and life long learning
Working together

View more information regarding RACGP governance, including the Articles of Association, and Council Policy.

Defining our discipline

The RACGP seeks to define the nature and scope of General Practice in accord with the contemporary needs of our nation and our general practitioners while maintaining the central characteristics of the discipline.

Related links

Definition of general practice

Definition of rural general practice

Promoting quality general practice

The RACGP sets, promotes and maintains the standards for clinical practice, education, training and research for high quality General Practice.

Policy statements

Relationships between General Practitioners and community health services

Standards for general practice

Ensuring the quality of general practitioners

Near patient testing

General practitioners and their Teams

GP and patient research policy

e-health policy

Clinical Indicators for Council

RACGP position on independent non-medical practitioner prescribing – a statement of principles

Supporting excellence

The RACGP supports Australian General Practitioners to attain and maintain excellence in clinical practice.

Policy statements

Evidence based medicine

Fellowship of the RACGP

10 Year Moratorium for IMGs

Advocating for general practice

The RACGP promotes and advocates for the central and essential role of General Practice in the health care system, and for appropriate recognition of high quality General Practice.

Policy statements

The role of general practice in prevention and health promotion

RACGP/AIMA Joint Position on Complementary Medicine

The RACGP Research Policy

Fellowship of the RACGP

Hospital access for the practice of Obstetrics by the General Practitioners

Enhancing equity and access

The RACGP advocates for equity and enhanced access to General Practice for all people in Australia.

Policy statements

Aboriginal health

Access to general practice services for people resident in Australia

Access to emergency contraception – the college position

The supply of general practitioners in outer metropolitan areas

Healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers

Facilitating capability and life long learning

RACGP is committed to ensuring quality general practitioners and primary care teams by providing quality educational leadership and professional development services throughout the journey of general practice that enables clinical excellence to occur.