The RACGP has developed the Standards for general practices (6th edition) (the Standards) to support high-quality, safe general practice care across Australia. The Standards are grounded in the best available evidence on how practices can deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred healthcare. The development of this edition was guided by the quintuple aim of healthcare – improving patient experience, population health outcomes, cost-efficiency, provider wellbeing, and health equity – and all five elements are reflected throughout the Standards.

Accreditation against standards seeks to:

• improve patient safety
• promote patient-centredness, including support for patients and inclusion in decision-making
• improve the quality of healthcare
• foster continuous quality improvement
• foster practice safety culture.

The Standards support general practices to identify, develop and implement sound and contemporary systems and processes that also provide a framework for continuous quality improvement.