What is Specialist General PracticeGeneral practice in Australia has been a speciality since 1996. As a specialist practice, a doctor could not just set up a general practice after one or two years as a junior doctor. All doctors wanting to work in general practice had to undertake specialist training and complete a fellowship (specialist qualification in medicine). One must pass a difficult set of standardised, validated assessment examinations and awarded a fellowship in general practice (Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners or FRACGP). This qualification is a specialist medical qualification and is recognised by the Medical Council of Australia as such.
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Definition of specialist general practice
Specialist general practice is whole-person care, characterised by the provision of person-centred, continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals and families in their communities. As a relationship-based discipline, the general practice seeks to build health, wellbeing and resilience through a continuing patient‐doctor relationship of trust, clinical acumen, the application of best available evidence in the unique context of each consultation, and planned coordination of clinical teamwork, resources and services. The patient’s needs, values and desired health outcomes always remain central to the general practitioner’s evaluation and management processes.
Person centeredness
General practitioners understand that health, illness and disease are ultimately personal experiences. Their principal role is to relieve illness in all its forms, in the manner best suited to each individual. |
Continuity of care
Long‐term relationships build mutual knowledge, understanding, experience and trust: all essential elements in a therapeutic relationship, which generates the potential for healing, increased resilience, empowerment and beneficial change. |
Comprehensiveness
General practice is not limited by age, gender, body system, disease process or service site. The scope of practice is forever challenging its practitioners. It spans prevention, health promotion, early intervention for those at risk, and the management of acute, chronic and complex conditions, whether in the home, practice, health service, outreach clinic, hospital or community. |
Diagnostic and therapeutic skill
The general practitioner's high level diagnostic and therapeutic skills as applied in the context of person-centred and continuing relationship is known to deliver safe, high-quality, and cost-effective care that is highly valued by patients. |
A command of complexity and uncertainty
General practitioners are comfortable with uncertainty and skilled in managing complexity. They can utilise best practice evidence in the light of individual patient circumstances. They engage patients, parents and families in understanding, planning and better managing their health according to their capacities. |
Coordinated clinical teamwork
General practitioners work in close and respectful relationships to deliver integrated patient care. Leading, supporting and coordinating their flexibly configured clinical teams; contributing appropriately to external clinical teams, and collaborating with a diversity of community-based professionals – according to the individual patient or family's needs and circumstances. |
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People
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Mission Statement
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Your Privacy
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Patient Access to Medical Records
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Contracting Doctors @ gpbondi
Dr. Joanna Rose MBChB;FRACGP; MPH&TM
Joanna has been working in the Bondi practice since 2002, formerly as a colleague of Dr Peter McGlynn (now retired). She continues to enjoy working with her longstanding patients as well as with many of those previously seen by Dr McGlynn. Special interests
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Dr. Hannah McKellarMRCGP (UK), FRACGPAssociate
She graduated over 20 years ago from Newcastle University Medical School in the United Kingdom, is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the U.K. and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners. Special Interests:
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Dr. Michelle Schnabl MBBS (Hons), DipChild Health, FRACGPAssociate
She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners. Her areas of professional interest include paediatric medicine, women's health, antenatal shared care, mental health and general medicine. Special interests:
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Dr. Shane ChristensenMBChB; FRACGP; MPH&TM; GCMedEd; Dip Surgery (Skin Cancer)
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Practice Manager
Brett Hutchinson-Arends
Practice Manager
Practice Manager
Mission Statement
GPBondi is a specialist primary care clinic committed to providing outstanding health care to individuals and the community. We are dedicated to providing excellence in professional medical training for students and junior doctors.
People who attend GPBondi feel that their health needs are being met at the highest standards of care, and that enough time is spent with a contracting doctor or nurse in the delivery of health care.
GPBondi is not a medical centre. It is a medical home for people where all your healthcare needs are coordinated. Contracting doctors are chosen for their abilities to deliver outstanding healthcare by: excellence in medical knowledge; excellence in communication; ability to work as a team member and commitment to the ethos of outstanding, patient-centered, whole-person care. All contracting doctors have or are in the final year of gaining their specialist fellowship in general practice: the FRACGP.
Our team at GPBondi is passionate about the delivery of high quality whole person primary care through a collaborative model of medical practice. This means we all work together: reception, managers, nurses and contracting doctors, to give people the best possible health outcomes.
Specialist general practice involves a deep knowledge of medicine and an integrated understanding of all aspects of a person’s life that determine their health and wellbeing. This whole-person care addresses the psychological, social, spiritual, nutritional, environmental and physical dimensions of a person’s health and wellbeing.
At GPBondi staff and contracting doctors are committed to the highest standards of professional development including the enthusiastic teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors.
GPBondi provides a supportive and stimulating work environment that promotes an interactive and collaborative relationship amongst us all, including staff and contracting doctors.
To deliver the highest quality health care and clinical training we are committed to a set of core values.
People who attend GPBondi feel that their health needs are being met at the highest standards of care, and that enough time is spent with a contracting doctor or nurse in the delivery of health care.
GPBondi is not a medical centre. It is a medical home for people where all your healthcare needs are coordinated. Contracting doctors are chosen for their abilities to deliver outstanding healthcare by: excellence in medical knowledge; excellence in communication; ability to work as a team member and commitment to the ethos of outstanding, patient-centered, whole-person care. All contracting doctors have or are in the final year of gaining their specialist fellowship in general practice: the FRACGP.
Our team at GPBondi is passionate about the delivery of high quality whole person primary care through a collaborative model of medical practice. This means we all work together: reception, managers, nurses and contracting doctors, to give people the best possible health outcomes.
Specialist general practice involves a deep knowledge of medicine and an integrated understanding of all aspects of a person’s life that determine their health and wellbeing. This whole-person care addresses the psychological, social, spiritual, nutritional, environmental and physical dimensions of a person’s health and wellbeing.
At GPBondi staff and contracting doctors are committed to the highest standards of professional development including the enthusiastic teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors.
GPBondi provides a supportive and stimulating work environment that promotes an interactive and collaborative relationship amongst us all, including staff and contracting doctors.
To deliver the highest quality health care and clinical training we are committed to a set of core values.
Core Values:
- Best Practice
We work collaboratively with each other and our medical and allied health colleagues. This best practice ensures staff and contracting doctors do deliver evidence-based and patient-centered health care, specific to the needs of individual patients. gpmaroubra reflects this core value in the teaching and learning undertaken with all our students and junior doctors. - Priority
The care of patients is the highest priority to our staff and contracting doctors - Commitment
To excellence in health care and clinical teaching by staff and contracting doctors. - Confidentiality is respected for all patients, staff and contracting doctors.
- Care and Compassion is shown to all patients, staff, contracting doctors and students
- Collaboration We collaborate with patients, each other, other health care providers and teaching centers to provide the best possible environment for our patients, staff, contracting doctors and students.
- Communication is outstanding with patients, each other, other health care providers and teaching centers
- Competence is ensured at the highest level in all our work
- Integrity in everything we do at gpbondi ensures we are ethical, honest and transparent
- Responsibility is taken for our actions as individuals and as an organisation
- Advocacy for the best possible health care delivery to our patients by our staff and contracting doctors.
Your Privacy
This practice is committed to providing quality health care and service. As part of this, we have a policy to protect your privacy that complies with privacy legislation*
Our Privacy Policy advises you:
Ask your doctor or see our reception staff if you would like more information about our Privacy Policy or the National Privacy Principles and Health Records and Information Privacy Act, 2002.
*Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000; HRIP Act 2002.
* Privacy Amendment Act 2017/2018
Our Privacy Policy advises you:
- That we need your consent to collect information about you
- That you can request access to the information we hold about you.
- That you may discuss any concerns that you have about how we handle your information with your doctor or the practice staff.
- How your information will be used by us and whom we may need to disclose it to. This may include an organisation providing assistance for improving the administration of the practice.
Ask your doctor or see our reception staff if you would like more information about our Privacy Policy or the National Privacy Principles and Health Records and Information Privacy Act, 2002.
*Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000; HRIP Act 2002.
* Privacy Amendment Act 2017/2018
Patient Access to Medical Records
It is practice policy that all patients have access to the health information contained in their file. Access may be denied if access is deemed to present a serious health threat to the individual’s health or when the privacy of another individual may be compromised. If this is the case their treating doctor will provide them with an up to date and accurate summary of their health information on request.
Should a patient want to access their health records they should speak to the Practice Manager or their treating doctor.
Personal health information may be accessed in the following ways:
Note: For information that is posted, a cost may be incurred by the patient.
Should a patient want to access their health records they should speak to the Practice Manager or their treating doctor.
Personal health information may be accessed in the following ways:
- View and inspect information
- View, inspect and talk through contents with the doctor
- Take notes
- Obtain a copy (can be photocopy or electronic printout from computer)
- Information may be faxed to patient (with patient being aware that this is not a secure method of private information transmission) or posted.
Note: For information that is posted, a cost may be incurred by the patient.