General Practice Gold Coast covers 3000 funded beds in 52 Residential Aged Care Facilities
GPGC aims to promote linkages between General Practice, Residential Aged Care Facilities and Allied Health Providers by:
Facilitating networks between GPs, Allied Health Providers and RACFS, keeping everyone in touch through the Happily Ageing Times Developing quality improvements - Practice Support Advisor - Vicki Fry is available to assist GPs, their practices and RACFs to implement improvements in their systems that will lead to improvements in residents care and increase work satisfaction for all parties. Contact number is 0412 891 887 or email
Promoting quality improvements through Aged Care Collaboratives between visiting GPs RACFs and allied health providers
A Communications Manual (note: large file) - has been developed; it covers admission and discharge procedures, legal requirements, enhanced primary care, standing orders and recall/reminder systems Aged Care Resources - many valuable resources and tools are located on the General Practice Queensland website.