The Osborne Division of General Practice is located in the North West Metropolitan Corridor and is the 7th largest division in Australia. Since inception in 1993, the Division has enjoyed consistent increases in our GP membership and participation levels, offered a large variety of programs and gathered a very committed and dedicated team to serve the members of the Osborne Division.

The Division mission is to provide a network for GPs to interact with each other and communicate with other health providers, hospitals and community groups in order to enhance service delivery of primary health care in the local community. To maintain the General Practitioner in the central co-ordinating role in the provision of health care and adequately represent the views of GPs in the future direction of health care delivery.

Major Achievements

• High membership levels.
• High GP participation levels.
• Provision of consistent high quality service to our members.
• Maintenance of GP Liaison positions in major tertiary, non-tertiary and private hospitals.
• The development and distribution of consumer information (i.e."making the most of your visit to the doctor").
• The successful promotion of the division and GPs that has resulted in an ever-increasing demand from local health authorities and consumers for GP services or input.
• The Youth Health Program and associated resources development and distributed to young people in the divisional area.
• The provision of support to GPs and provision of patient held medication wallets and cards to promote quality use of medicine.
• Development of culturally appropriate patient information in languages other than English.
• Healthy Families for Happy Futures program, childhood obesity program.
• A Highly successful Mental Health Program whereby GPs can refer their patients to qualified psychologists.