Name Adelaide Central and Eastern Division of General Practice Division Number 504 Classification Urban Number of Member GPs 359 State South Australia Year Established 1993 Number of Member Practices 137 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 further GPs contracted to provide support services such as GP Advisors and clinical support. The Division?s primary means of communication with the membership are a bi-monthly newsletter, The ACE, and a bi-monthly Continuing Medical Education (CME) newsletter. In addition, any issues arising are sent out via the Divisions ACEFax. The Division has applied its Health Intelligence framework to its current activities that wil see an increasing focus on evidence based processes combined with strong data management. Our website is our primary tool for communication with the community and making relevant information openly available. The Division is unique amongst South Australian Divisions in that it combines a large residential population with the transient population brought in by the business district ie City 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 Womens and Childrens Hospital (WCH).

The Division defines its mission as:

"GPs working together to provide a sustainable and supportive environment for the practice of quality medicine"

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:

• Balanging the varied demands placed upon us by our diverse membership (370 GPs/140 practices) against the requirements of our funders.
• Encouraging greater cross-Divisional collaboration to enhance our efficiency and capacity to deliver.

Last Updated: February 2005

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