Many of the storylines were suggested by newspaper articles, or from the Australian Medical Association.
Seasons started airing on Channel 7's streaming service as of March 2020.
Is one of Australia's longest running shows behind Neighbours, Home and Away, All Saints and Blue Heelers.
A Country Practice creator James Davern of JNP Productions, had worked on a previous similar type rural series, as producer and director of the long-running Bellbird (1967) and had written the pilot episode for ACP and entered a script contest for the Ten Network in 1979. He came third and won a merit award., although TEN turned the series down, the Seven Network picked up the series stating it liked the characters and setting. Davern would be inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame in 1991 and be honoured as an Order of Australia recipient in 2014. When the Seven Network cancelled the series in 1993, the Ten Network picked up the series but with a new cast it was unsuccessful.
Georgie Parker won the 1990 Logie Award in the Most Popular New Talent category for her role as Sister Lucy 'Gardiner' Tyler.