Our business

About the RACGP

We cultivate a stronger profession by supporting GPs at every stage of their career, from medical students and GPs in training, to experienced GPs.

We help GPs continue their professional development throughout their careers. And we develop resources and guidelines to support GPs to provide their patients with world-class healthcare and help with the unique issues that affect their practices.

We help GPs improve the health and wellbeing of Australians through events, activities and resources.

We are also the leading advocacy voice for GPs. We work to ensure the value the community places on GPs is reflected in policies and funding arrangements that support high-quality and sustainable patient services.

Australia’s GPs see more than two million patients each week, and support Australians through every stage of their lives. The scope of general practice is unmatched among medical professionals, so the RACGP supports members to be involved in all areas of care, including aged care, mental health, preventative care and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Our membership includes 40,287 general practice professionals, representing a diversity of experiences and skills. Across our membership:

• women account for more than half of the country’s GPs
• 17,550 (43.56%) members have a qualification from a non-Australian university
• 221 (0.55%) members identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• 10,081 (25%) members having an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

The purpose of the RACGP is to ensure a strong general practice profession that keeps Australia healthy and our goal is that Australia’s health outcomes improve because every person in Australia, regardless of their postcode of their circumstances, can – and does – regularly see a GP.

Over the last 12 months, the RACGP underwent significant change, largely due to the transition of general practice training back to the RACGP. This transition has seen the onboarding of more than 700 staff from regional training organisations, an increased geographical footprint, with 18 RACGP properties across the country and a revised organisational structure to ensure we can effectively and efficiently meet our objectives.

We currently have 1477 employees in Australia, working across six business units:  Advocacy, Policy and Research, Member Experience, Education, GP Training, People and Capability and Corporate Services. Currently, 22 employees identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, representing 1.5% of our total workforce. While we’re proud of the increased representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees across the College, we know that we have a lot of work to do to work towards population parity and equity in employment outcomes. 

This map aims to recognise the many diverse lands our offices are based on.​

While we’ve made every effort to acknowledge the Traditional Owners and communities who have ongoing connections to each area, we understand there may be variations in spellings and that in many areas, claims to Traditional Ownership are dynamic and evolving. We welcome any feedback on this map and will continue to improve our approach.