A practice can be comfortably ahead across the Standards and still fail on one must-meet indicator. They are worth separating from everything else for exactly that reason.
Why they are tracked separately
- They are pass/fail. There is no partial credit and nothing else compensates.
- They are spread across the Core, Quality Improvement and General Practice modules, so a module-by-module view can hide one.
- They tend to be the indicators that need evidence from outside the practice manager's own records - training, servicing, testing.
- They are the first thing a surveyor confirms.
How the tool handles them
Must-meet indicators are flagged wherever they appear and pulled into their own view, so the question 'are we safe on the mandatory ones' has a one-screen answer.
Each carries its evidence alongside it, and anything open stays visible until it is closed rather than being averaged away into a percentage.
Where practices get caught
Usually not on the hard ones. It is the indicator that was met last cycle, quietly lapsed, and nobody re-checked - an expired certificate, a member of staff whose training was not renewed, a device that missed its service.
Frequently asked questions
What are RACGP must-meet indicators?
Indicators in the RACGP Standards that are mandatory. Each one has to be met for accreditation, and a strong performance elsewhere does not compensate for missing one.
How many are there?
They sit across the Core, Quality Improvement and General Practice modules. The tool flags them wherever they appear and collects them into a single view, so refer to the current published Standards for the definitive set.
What happens if one is not met?
Accreditation is not granted until it is. That is why they are worth tracking apart from everything else.