Quality Initiatives
The ICGP Quality in Practice Committee (a Subcommittee of the Education Committee) produces quick reference guides on clinical and non-clinical areas on topics of relevance to general practice. In many instances these guides are produced in conjunction with outside bodies.
The Quality Committee supervises the competition for the annual ICGP Quality Improvement Award (sponsored by Aviva). Application has opened for the 2011 award.
ICGP Short Guide to Audit and Audit Toolkit
Please see the attached guidance documents on fulfilling your clinical audit obligations with regard to professional competence.
ICGP Short Guide to Audit (ICGP_Audit_short_guide_May_2011.pdf | 156 KB) ICGP Audit Toolkit (ICGP_Audit_Toolkit_May_2011.pdf | 482 KB)Sample Audits
Quick Reference Guides
The following quick reference guides are available online:
- Asthma Control in General Practice
- Avoiding Pitfalls in Repeat Prescribing: A Practical Approach
- COPD Management
- Cardiovascular Disease in Women
- Diabetes Type 2
- Domestic Violence
- Drugs and Doping in Sport - Guidelines for General Practitioners
- Early Psychosis: Diagnosis & Management from a GP Perspective Quick Reference Guide
- Haemochromatosis
- HSE/ICGP Weight Management for Primary Care Staff
- Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Patients
- Managing Cardiac Risk Assessment for People Under 35 Years Involved in Sports or Exercise
- Management of Pre-Gestational and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Quick Reference Guide
- Prostate Cancer
- Referral of People with Depression to Specialist Mental Health Services
- Warfarin in General Practice
- Guide for Primary Care Staff on Alcohol Problems