Name Adelaide Central and Eastern Division of General Practice Division Number 504 Classification Urban Number of Member GPs 380 State South Australia Year Established 1993 Number of Member Practices 124 Postcodes Covered 5000, 5001, 5006, 5034, 5035, 5037, 2038, 5061, 5063, 5064, 5065, 5066, 5067, 5068, 5069, 5070, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5074, 5075, 5076, 5081, 5134, 5140 Population 180,441 (2001 Census) Area Covered ACEDGP covers an area of 9 000 hectares. The boundary includes the City of Adelaide, the immediate southern suburbs and the eastern suburbs up into the foothills. CEO Mr Nicholas Prescott Chair Dr Cathy Sanders Physical Address: 1st Floor, Admin Building Glenside Campus, 226 Fullarton Road GLENSIDE SA 5065 Australia Postal Address: PO Box 17 FULLARTON SA 5063 Australia Email: acedgp@acedivision.com.au Phone: 08 82715455 Fax: 08 82711055 Website: http://www.acedivision.com.au

please note that the ACE website is located at www.acedivision.com.au

The Adelaide Central and Eastern Division (ACEDGP) employs 21 staff with GPs contracted to provide support services such as GP Advisors and clinical support. The Division’s primary means of communication is through its bi-monthly newsletter, the ‘Hot PACE’.  Our recently redesigned website is an important tool for communication with both our membership and the community, making relevant information openly available. The Division is unique amongst South Australian Divisions in that it covers the transient population of the Central Business District of Adelaide. There are two public hospitals in the Division, the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) (also the main teaching hospital for the State) and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH).

The Division vision is to be:  ‘A Leader in Health’

Its purpose: ‘Delivering local health solutions through General Practice’

And its mission: ‘To provide services to General Practice to facilitate quality and capacity in health for the benefit of consumers through the effective coordination of activities with the broader health community’

We aim to provide effective and efficient management of the financial, human and physical resources and programs of the Division, and to be perceived as a primary source of General Practice information at a local and Statewide level.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

See our website www.acedivision.com.au

CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

• Balancing the varied demands placed upon us by our diverse membership against the requirements of our funders.
• Encouraging greater cross-Divisional collaboration to enhance our efficiency and capacity to deliver.