Double Celebration As Bruntsfield Medical Practice Receives The 100th QPA Award, Scotland

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice
Article Date: 02 Dec 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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Dr Ken Lawton, Chair of RCGP Scotland, was on hand to present the 100th Quality Practice Award plaque to the Bruntsfield Medical Practice on 26th November. To date, 84 practices in Scotland have been successfully awarded the QPA with 16 gaining re-accreditation, an excellent achievement for both the Bruntsfield Medical Practice and general practice in Scotland as a whole. This is the second time that the Bruntsfield Medical Practice has been awarded the QPA, having first achieved the award (which is valid for 5 years) in 2002. Dr Lawton said, "It is a great achievement for Bruntsfield Practice to receive the QPA award for a second time, all members of the practice team should be extremely proud".

The busy Edinburgh based practice, comprises eight GPs, a Practice Nursing Team and a group of front of house and practice management staff. Bruntsfield is an excellent example of a modern medical practice that has embraced the arrival of new computer systems, electronic records and prescribing. The ethos of the practice is to constantly strive for excellence in continuity care and lack of complacency.

To have reached a total of 100 awards across Scotland is a major achievement for QPA which continues to go from strength to strength. An avid supporter of the Quality Practice Award, Dr Ken Lawton said, "quality has always been high on the agenda of GPs in Scotland and RCGP Scotland recognises this with the Quality Practice Award for those that reach the highest standards".

QPA Background

The Quality Practice Award was first conceived in Scotland in 1996 by GPs from North-East Scotland as a practice-wide version of Fellowship by Assessment (FBA). QPA was designed to recognise the commitment of the entire practice team in providing quality of care for patients and staff. Set at a very high standard, the award is an excellent benchmark to set General Practice as the cornerstone of primary care.

For more information on QPA please visit the website here.

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