18 February 2010

The 2010 RNZCGP Quality Symposium in Wellington over the weekend was attended by more than 220 key primary care stakeholders. Work led by the College on the development of a quality framework and indicators for New Zealand primary care was showcased. This work was supported by British Kings’ Fund experts Nick Goodwin and Candace Imison and Royal Australian College of GPs President Dr Chris Mitchell who usefully compared with, and discussed, the local quality work with what is being done in Australia and the UK. Goodwin and Imison pointed out that New Zealand can be very proud of its record: “New Zealand already punches above its weight in delivering high quality primary care services with limited resources.” Past RNZCGP president Jim Vause led a lively, wideranging workshop on the Ministerial proposal for Integrated Family Health Centres (IFHCs). For Symposium speaker presentations see the College website’s Quality section: http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/quality-symposium or the March issue of GPPulse.