Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice
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Name Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice
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| Division Number |
202 |
| Classification |
Urban |
| Number of Member GPs |
435 |
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| State |
New South Wales |
| Year Established |
1993 |
| Number of Member Practices |
180 |
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| Postcodes Covered |
2000, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2056, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030
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| Population |
173,371 (2001 Census)
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| Area Covered |
Sydney City, Chippendale, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Kings Cross, Rushcutters Bay, Paddington, Centennial Park, Bondi, Junction, Queens Park, Bellevue Hill, Woollahra, North Bondi, Bondi, Tamarama, Darling Point, Edgecliff, Double Bay, Rose Bay, Dover Heights, and Vaucluse.
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| CEO |
Mr Kevin Reid |
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| Physical Address: |
| Suite 103, Level 1, 35 Spring Street |
| BONDI JUNCTION NSW 2022 |
| Australia |
| Postal Address: |
| Suite 103, Level 1, 35 Spring Street |
| BONDI JUNCTION NSW 2022 |
| Australia |
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The Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice (ESDGP) has been operating since 1993 with funding from the Department of Health and Aged Care. ESDGP has encouraged and developed a close working alliance with St Vincent's and Prince of Wales Hospitals and two university campuses, Sydney University and the University of NSW, as well as a multitude of other health care agencies.
The Division's extensive activities include the development and running of community-based projects and liaison and policy development input with Commonwealth, State and Local health authorities via representation on relevant committees and groups.
In July 1999, ESDGP entered its next phase of evolution with an increased focus on "GP Support". This includes help with Practice Management, Practice Accreditation, the Practice Incentives Program and Peer Support. The GP Support Program also incorporates IM/IT Education and Support to provide members with expert advice on computer problems. The program provides 'hands-on' workshops and oversees the improvement of 'Electronic Links' between GPs, hospitals, Pathology Laboratories and other providers.
The Divisional area is home to substantial wealth and pockets of great poverty, including the largest concentration of homeless people, sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Stakeholders include Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, NSW Health, Alliance of NSW Divisions, National Prescribing Service, South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service (SESAHS), St. Vincent's Hospital Campus, Prince of Wales Hospital Campus, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney Children's Hospital, War Memorial Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital Complex, SESAHS Community Health Services and Programs, SESAHS Public Health Unit, LGOs: Waverley and Woollahra Municipal Councils, local community organisations and consumer groups and the University of NSW.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
- Developed an ever growing and strengthening network of the region's GPs.
- Providing 'the contact point' for interfacing and communicating between GPs and local health providers.
- Significant contribution to development of the area health policies.
- Collaboration with SESAHS Public Health Unit.
- Improving the quality and expertise of local GPs through a relevant and valued quality CME Program.
- Empowering GPs to value the work they do.
- Successful shared models of care in Antenatal and Mental Health programs.
- GP focused/friendly Discharge Protocol from local public hospital.
- Beginnings of improved communication by local hospitals with GPs.
CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
- Providing valued services to members.
- Expansion of service provision to members.
- Increase membership and participation rates.
- Reposition the role of General Practice through opportunities in the changing models of care.
- Improving hospital communication with GPs.
- Overcoming cultural barriers to collaboration between GPs and other health care workers and agencies.
- Producing measurable outcomes.
- Increase consumer awareness of ESDGP and GPs generally.
- Improve strategic alliances.
