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Principles of the Quality Practice Award

• Practices required to self nominate.
• The process involves team working, team development and reflective practice.
• The award is criteria based.
• The criteria should be clearly understood.
• All criteria and statutory obligations must be met.
• No practice should fail if it can meet the criteria.
• Criteria for the QPA are reviewed annually and updated.
• QPA is a UK wide award. However there may be occasional variations between the four nations for some specific criteria. The majority of criteria will remain universal.
• QPA is based on the principle of peer review.
• The visit team will consist of 4 assessors usually including a doctor, practice manager, nurse and a lay assessor.
• Prior to the visit, it is expected that all the criteria have been met.
  1. confirm the accuracy of the application
  2. offer an educational experience to the whole practice
• Recommendations for change and further development will be offered at the final feedback session with the practice and confirmed in writing within six weeks of the visit.