GP Connections
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Name GP Connections
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| Division Number |
409 |
| Classification |
Rural |
| Number of Member GPs |
132 |
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| State |
Queensland |
| Year Established |
1993 |
| Number of Member Practices |
75 |
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| Postcodes Covered |
4342, 4343, 4344, 4347, 4350, 4352, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4358, 4359, 4400, 4401, 4403
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| Population |
147,865 (2001 Census)
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| Area Covered |
The area covered by the TDDGP is approximately 10 405 square kilometres. It contains the local government area of Toowoomba City as well as parts of 13 surrounding shires extending over a 45 kilometre radius.
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| CEO |
Mr Tim Wilke |
| Chair |
Dr Graham Emblen |
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| Physical Address: |
| 108 Herries Street |
| TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350 |
| Australia |
| Postal Address: |
| PO Box 356 |
| TOOWOOMBA BC QLD 4350 |
| Australia |
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Programs and Projects |
GP Connections (formerly Toowoomba and District Division of General Practice) is uniquely placed in both a provincial and rural setting. There
is a strong sense of 'community'. Division members reside and practice within the Toowoomba area and surrounds,
providing an important context to the role of the GP as a practitioner, opinion leader and resident within the local
community.
The purpose of the GP Connections (GPC) is to advance the profession of
general practice and primary health care; to provide services to, and advocacy for, Toowoomba and District General
Practitioners; and to promote individual and community health.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
- With an 85.5% immunisation rate, the Toowoomba and District Division is ranked in the top ten around
Australia and in the top three in Queensland.Return to AGPN
- Recently Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Toowoomba Health Services District.
- Computerisation across Australia is gaining momentum, and Toowoomba (and District) GPs showed an
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- Indigenous Health Program is on target to develop a consultative model to address health issues with the
various key aboriginal bodies here in Toowoomba.
Extensive health promotion within the Toowoomba community via regular and ongoing media coverage in the Liverpool Division of General Practiceregional press.
CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
Programs and Projects
Toowoomba and District Division future strategic direction focuses on the following four key areas as GPC's:
- Community and Preventative Health
- Intergrated Patient Care through Partnerships Program
- Corporate Support to General Practice Program
- Management and Corporate Governance Program
GPC is aiming to establish formal and productive relationships with public and private health providers. An AGPN acknowledges the financial support of the example of this is the recent signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Toowoomba Health Services
Australian Government.Dsitrict. Intergration and collaboration between local service providers will serve to improve the overall health of the
Toowoomba community via collaboration and coordination on projects such as the implementation of the enhanced
primary care items.
