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Eligibility

Who is eligible?

In order to participate in the CORNERSTONE General Practice Accreditation Programme the primary healthcare facility must meet the definition of a general practice.

If you wish to register please read the characteristics to determine your eligibility to participate in the programme.

  • if your medical facility meets the characteristics please complete the registration form and sign the declaration on the last page

Definition of a General Practice

  • if your facility does not have all the features in this definition and you wish to be considered for an exemption to participate, please contact the CORNERSTONE staff at the College.

Resource:

Accreditation Programme Registration Form

Once a practice completes a registration form, the administrator builds a practice profile for the CORNERSTONE Programme from the information provided.  The information is also collated in an anonymous format to compile an annual Profile of New Zealand General Practices.

Practices can then choose to:

  • work to meet Aiming for Excellence RNZCGP Standard for General Practices in New Zealand and be assessed for accreditation before June 2011.
  • work to meet Aiming for Excellence RNZCGP Standard for General Practices in New Zealand and be assessed for re-accreditation (Cycle 2)
  • use Aiming for Excellence RNZCGP Standard for General Practices in New Zealand as the basis for quality improvement and quality assurance activities in the practice; but not be independently assessed for accreditation.