Improving our community’s health through strong primary health care.

GPpartners is a division of general practice, located in Brisbane’s north. Our catchment includes more than 800 GPs, over 200 general practices, three of Brisbane’s major public hospitals, several private hospitals and a population of almost 600,000 - making us the largest division by population size in Australia.

Our team of general practitioners and professional staff work toward achieving better health for the people living in our community through strong local primary health care.

We provide GPs and practice staff with information, training, advice and initiatives so they can better manage and improve care for their patients, improve their businesses and connect with local primary health providers.

As a member of the Australian General Practice Network, we also advocate for primary health care. We welcome the views of local GPs and healthcare providers on issues that affect quality care and the delivery of health services locally, to ensure our view is informed by local needs.

We have strong links with government, local political representatives, local primary health care providers and other medical representative bodies. These relationships, along with the support of our members, give us a voice in general practice issues.

GPpartners acknowledges funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and from others including Queensland Health. Funding is also sourced through project and research funding pools, community organisations and private industry. GPs contribute with an annual membership fee.

For more information about our initiatives, see Programs.

GPpartners is accredited under AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000

Demographics

*ABS Census 2006
**DIS, 30 June 2009

Who's in our catchment

See our Maps for the location of general practices and other health facilities in our catchment.

Suburbs

All practices north of the Brisbane River including Pine Rivers Shire; west to Bellbowrie; and east to Sandgate. 

• 80+ suburbs (42 post codes) 
• Brisbane City Council and Pine Rivers (now part of Moreton Bay Regional Council)
  

Public Hospitals

Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Royal Children’s Hospital
The Prince Charles Hospital

Private Hospitals

The Wesley Hospital
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
Holy Spirit Northside
North West Brisbane Private Hospital
Brisbane Private Hospital
Toowong Private Hospital
Pine Rivers Private Hospital
(+ other facilities such as New Farm Clinic Private Hospital and Montserrat Day Hospitals)

Residential aged care facilities

59 residential aged care facilities

• High care beds – 2412
• Low care beds – 1959 (as at November 2009)
  

Last update: Novebmer 2009