We are asking readers whether practice accreditation should be made mandatory.

It follows a public health alert last week after it was discovered an unaccredited practice in Sydney had been using out-of-date vaccines and failed to follow any of the national vaccine storage guidelines.

Professor Robert Booy, chair of the Immunisation Coalition, said accreditation should “strongly be considered a compulsory requirement”, saying potentially thousands of people administered vaccines at the practice since 2010 could be unprotected.

However, the RACGP rejected the call, saying the accreditation should remain voluntary, not least because of the costs and work involved.