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Progress of the 2006-07 Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD)

Coming soon: Moving ahead. Report of the 2006-07 Annual Survey of Divisions of General Practice

The Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHC RIS) conducts the Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD) on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. As part of their contractual obligations, all Divisions of General Practice are required to complete the Survey which includes questions about their membership, activities (including population health) and infrastructure for the previous financial year. Consequently, the results provide a comprehensive overview of Divisions and summarise the broad range of activities that they are involved in.

Progress to date

• Deadline for the submission of the 2006-07 ASD was 30 September 2007
  • The final ASD was submitted on 6 November 2007
• All data was collated and checked for outliers and anomalies by PHC RIS by 19 November 2007
  • Divisions were contacted to clarify or correct their responses
  • Corrections required for inclusion in the Division feedback reports were made by 7 December 2007
  • Some other data corrections remained outstanding at this time
• Draft tailored feedback reports were prepared and sent to all Divisions on 10 December 2007
  • Divisions were asked to check their responses and to inform PHC RIS of any corrections by 21 December 2007
  • Corrections were provided by mid January 2008
• Revised tailored feedback was sent to all Divisions on 17 January 2008
• SBO feedback reports were sent out in January 2008
• AGPN feedback report was sent out in February 2008
• RWA feedback reports were sent out in March 2008
• A final version of the tailored feedback was sent out to Divisions in May 2008, when the estimated resident population data (at postal area level) became available from the ABS
• From May to July 2008 PHC RIS sent chapters of the 2006-07 ASD report to the Department of Health and Ageing for comment

Next steps

• Once the Department of Health and Ageing has provided PHC RIS with the final sign-off, Moving ahead. Report of the 2006-07 Annual Survey of Divisions of General Practice, will be published and available online.