General Practice Gold Coast offers practical support through the Practice Development Service which focuses on improving the structure and performance of General Practice and keeping it up to date with developments within the industry.

The GPGC Quality Improvement Program aims to improve clinical outcomes, reduce lifestyle risk factors,help maintain good health for those with chronic and complex conditions, and improve access to Gold Coast general practice by promoting a culture of quality improvement in primary health care.

Practice participants engaged in the GPGC QI Program implement changes within their practice in line with the change principles and change ideas that underpin their chosen topic area. Using the Collaborative methodology, these changes can lead to improvement and better health outcomes for their patients. We have found that the practices that have been most successful in the program possess certain practice characteristics.

Services and strategies include:

• Practice visits by Practice Development Advisers,
• Network Meetings for GPs, nurses, practice managers and practice staff
• Quality Clusters
• Collaboratives
• Practice Based Plan, Do Study Act (PDSA)
• PEN Clinical Audit Tool
• Canning Data Extraction Tool
• Accreditation Assistance - AGPAL & GPA
• Quality Use of Medicines through Home Medication Reviews
• MBS Item Number Assistance and Medicare eLearning
• Immunisation

If you would like assistance from the GPGC Practice Development Service please contact the Program Manager .  The Service is provided by Practice Development Advisors (PDAs) who all work and have vast experience in General Practice.