FOI 26-2605 – Correspondence Relating To The 6th Edition Draft Standards

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The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing submitted formal feedback to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) on the draft 6th Edition of the Standards for General Practices. The departmental submission, dated October 2025, aligned the RACGP standards with the government's Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report priorities, specifically targeting four reform areas: increasing primary care access, promoting multidisciplinary team-based care, modernising primary care delivery, and supporting organisational change management. The department provided a consultation submission (Attachment A) and supplementary information (Attachment C) intended to ensure the updated standards reflected broader national health system priorities. The correspondence indicates collaborative engagement between Health, Disability and Ageing and RACGP on professional practice standards development for general practice accreditation and quality assurance.