Are you ready for your RACGP survey?

It is a free 24-question self-assessment that scores an Australian general practice's readiness for RACGP accreditation across all six RACGP Standards. The quiz takes about five minutes, produces an overall readiness score out of 100, a per-Standard traffic-light score (Ready, Watch, Priority), and a prioritised list of gaps with plain-English actions you can take to your governance meeting. It is designed for first-time accrediting practices and for practice managers within 12 months of their next survey.

All six RACGP Standards: Standard 1 (Communication and consent), Standard 2 (Comprehensive care), Standard 3 (Quality, safety, and education), Standard 4 (Practice management), Standard 5 (Physical factors), and Standard 6 (Information management). Four questions per Standard cover the criteria most commonly cited in surveyor reports: written practice information, informed consent, interpreter access, patient feedback, results follow-up, recall systems, after-hours arrangements, clinical handover, quality improvement plans, significant event analysis, infection prevention, CPD currency, risk register, complaints, credentialing, emergency response plan, equipment maintenance, sterilisation, medical bag, fire and accessibility, health record completeness, privacy policy, backups, and Notifiable Data Breach readiness.

Yes. The tool is completely free to use. No account, no credit card, no paid ClinicComply subscription required. Results are visible on screen as soon as you finish the questions. We ask for your email only if you want a copy of the report sent to your inbox, and you can opt out of further emails at any time.

No. It is an independent educational self-assessment built by ClinicComply, an Australian healthcare compliance software company. It is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or a substitute for an assessment by the RACGP, AGPAL, QPA, or any other approved accrediting agency. The questions are written against the publicly available RACGP Standards and common surveyor expectations. Use the result to prioritise your evidence preparation, then engage your accrediting agency for the formal survey.

Each question offers four options, each mapped to a score between 0 and 10. With 24 questions, the maximum total is 240, which we normalise to a percentage out of 100. Per-Standard scores are calculated the same way over the four questions in that Standard. Bands: 80% or above is Ready, 50 to 79% is Watch, below 50% is Priority. Overall: 85+ Survey-Ready, 70 to 84 Nearly There, 45 to 69 Material Gaps, below 45 Not Yet Ready. The scoring logic is deterministic and hand-coded; no AI is used.

The tool identifies the highest-likelihood non-conformances and surfaces them as red or amber items in the per-Standard breakdown. It does not pass the survey for you. To pass a RACGP survey, you need the underlying evidence in place: a current practice information sheet, documented consent process, recall and reminder systems running in your clinical software, an after-hours arrangement, a written quality improvement plan with completed activities, a significant event register, current cold-chain logs, a risk register with reviewed scores, complaints register with root-cause analysis, credentialing files for every clinician, a tested emergency response plan, equipment maintenance logs, sterilisation validation, an in-date medical bag, fire and accessibility certificates, complete health records, a public privacy policy, a tested backup, and a documented Notifiable Data Breach response plan. Use the readiness quiz to prioritise which to build first.

The RACGP Standards for General Practices 5th edition consolidated the practice management and patient care requirements into the structure most current accrediting practices know. The 6th edition retains the same six-Standard architecture but tightens expectations around patient experience, after-hours care evidence, infection prevention (post-pandemic), cyber security under Standard 6, and the practice's role in coordinating mental health and chronic disease care. This quiz is written against the 6th edition criteria; almost all questions are equally relevant to practices still being assessed against the 5th edition.

AGPAL (Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited) and QPA (Quality Practice Accreditation) are the two RACGP-approved accrediting agencies in Australia. Both assess your practice against the same RACGP Standards using the same criteria. This quiz is structured to match the criteria a surveyor from either agency will look for, so a high readiness score should correlate with a smoother survey regardless of which agency you use. The tool is not specific to either AGPAL or QPA processes.

Three useful moments. First, the day you decide to pursue accreditation for the first time, to scope the work ahead. Second, 9 to 12 months before your next survey, to plan a structured remediation timeline. Third, 4 to 8 weeks before survey day, as a final readiness check after your remediation work. Many of our customers run the quiz quarterly between surveys to catch policy review drift, training currency lapses, and documentation gaps before they become non-conformances.

Five practical next steps. First, share the per-Standard breakdown at your next governance or practice manager meeting. Second, take the priority gap list and assign each item a named owner and a realistic target date. Third, work the red items first because these are the highest-likelihood non-conformances. Fourth, build or refresh the underlying evidence: policies, training matrices, audit cycles, registers, and meeting minutes. Fifth, retake the quiz in 8 to 12 weeks to confirm the score has moved. ClinicComply provides RACGP-aligned templates, a live Standards dashboard, and an audit-ready evidence pack if you want a system to manage all of this in one place.

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No. The quiz surfaces likely gaps based on a 24-question profile. An experienced accreditation consultant brings hands-on evidence review, mock surveys, surveyor relationships, and bespoke advice on edge cases (mixed billing, training practices, multi-site operations, after-hours models). Use the quiz to make the consultant's first visit more productive, or to decide whether you need one at all.

Yes. Standard 6 questions test backup cadence and tested restoration, your current Privacy Act-aligned privacy policy, and your Notifiable Data Breach (NDB) response plan including team awareness. If you do experience a suspected breach, our free NDB Decision Tool walks the OAIC serious-harm test and produces a printable decision record.

We recommend running the quiz quarterly between surveys, before each governance meeting, and 4 to 8 weeks before your booked survey date. Most practices that retake it quarterly catch drift in CPD currency, fridge temperature logs, recall completion rates, and emergency drill cycles before those drifts become surveyor findings.

No. The RACGP Accreditation Readiness Quiz is an educational self-assessment tool. It is not legal advice, professional indemnity advice, or a substitute for consultation with the RACGP, your accrediting agency, your medical defence organisation, or your legal advisor on specific matters such as informed consent, mandatory reporting, restrictive practices, or complaint responses.