GPcare NewsGPcare General Practice Summer 2019

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In This Issue• Merry Christmas

• Welcome Dr Katya Speight

• Dr Cassie Gibbs 5 Fun Facts

• Welcome back Dr Megan McLaughlin

• Dr Naif Saigol - on leave

• AAPM Conference 2019

• Congratulations Jo Teakle

• Summit Health Centre turns 5

• Summit Café

• Do you have a Chronic Health Condition?

• Health Promotions

• Summit Health Centre Reception

• Services at GPcare

• Feedback

• EDcare

Welcome Dr Katya SpeightWe welcome Dr Katya Speight who joined our GPcare GP team in late September this year.Katya graduated from Flinders University with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery in 1995. She previously worked in the Adelaide Hills for many years and enjoys the diversity of General Practice with particular interests in Child and Women’s Health, Preventative Medicine, General Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Mental Health.Katya will be consulting on Mondays and Fridays.

GPcare General Practice News Summer 2019

Welcome to the Summer edition of GPcare NewsWishing all our patients and the Adelaide Hills community

Merry Christmas and Happy New YearPlease visit gpcare.org.au for our opening hours over the holiday period

Laughter is the best medicine! The GPcare team hope we made you smile (or laugh) with our outfits for this photo!

5 Fun Facts: Dr Cassie Gibbs1. What do I enjoy doing when I’m not working as a GP?

Fishing on the beach or up the river with the boys, although we don’t catch much because they need to check the line every 30 seconds!

2. I love my great big extended family!

I’m very fortunate that we all live in the Adelaide Hills so we can catch up for family dinner every week.

3. My pets are: 2 dogs, 2 cats, 4 chooks, 3 ducks (+ 4 new ducklings!) 6 quails, 1 rabbit, 2 yabbies, 1 bearded dragon and saltwater and freshwater aquariums.

4. Some activities on my bucket list are:Finally getting around to finishing knitting the baby blanket I started when I was pregnant with my (now 5 year old) son!

5. My travel destinations We would love to visit The Kimberley and Kakadu National Park!

Congratulations Jo TeakleCongratulations are extended to Jo for recently passing her Diploma of Professional Practice Leadership with UNE Partnerships.

Jo was also nominated for the AAPM Barbara Meredith Memorial Award but was pipped at the post by another South Australian. Nevertheless, she received a Certificate of Excellence as second prize.

Well done Jo!

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AAPM Conference 2019GPcare Practice Manager, Jo Teakle, GPcare Operations Manager, Kim Saunders and Summit Health CEO, Kevin Wisdom-Hill, attended the 40th Anniversary of the Australian Association of Practice Management 2019 Conference ‘Waves of Change’ held in Brisbane.

It provided the chance to network with other Practice Managers from around Australia and an opportunity to gain more industry specific knowledge.

Welcome back Dr Megan McLaughlin We are pleased to confirm that Dr Megan McLaughlin will return from maternity leave on Monday 9th December following the birth of baby Zoe in July.

Megan will initially be working Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30am to 3:30pm with a view to extending to 5pm.

Welcome back Megan!

Dr Naif SaigolNaif is currently taking some much deserved extended leave since completing his final Registrar semester with GPcare.He will be away from the 10th October until the end of January 2020 locuming and travelling in New Zealand. We wish him well with his travels and look forward to him re-joining us in 2020.

Summit Health Centre Turns 5!It’s been an exciting five years of growth and development.

The Centre accommodates GPcare and a variety of medical specialists and allied health providers, totalling 70 practitioners.

We would like to thank everyone who has visited the Centre and all of our Tenants for their support over the past five years.

We look forward to supporting the community in Mount Barker and the Adelaide Hills into the future.

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Health Promotions GPcare recently participated in health promotions including RUOK day, Footy Colours Day, Breast Cancer awareness and Perinatal anxiety and depression awareness (PANDA). Each promotion was well supported and the GPcare Reception Area was adorned appropriately.

Do you have a chronic health condition including: Diabetes, heart and respiratory conditions, arthritis, osteoporosis or other long term health condition?Are you a regular patient of GPcare or would you like to be one?You may be eligible for a GP Management Plan (GPMP) and Team Care Arrangement (TCA). This is a supportive approach to looking at your overall health conditions and an assessment of risk for complications, advice on how to manage symptoms and improve long term health. This can include referrals to other services. The GPMP and TCA services provided by GPcare are rebated by Medicare and are bulk billed. Speak to Janeen or Sally, our Coordinated Care Nurses on 1300 472 273 for more information.

Summit Café Summit Café is a new social enterprise run in partnership between Community Bridging Services Inc. and Summit Health.

Opening hours are: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 2.30pm.

Please say hi to the friendly staff, try the food and grab a cup of the Dark Roasted Coffee.

Introducing Summit Health Centre ReceptionWe are pleased to announce the introduction of a dedicated Summit Health Centre Reception desk located at the yellow reception counter alongside Summit Health Café. This area will be staffed Monday to Friday 8.00am until 4.00pm. If you are in the Centre to see a GPcare Doctor, please continue to see the GPcare reception staff.

Services available at GPcare

• Annual health checks• Care plans• Children’s health• Cryotherapy• Driver’s licence, employment &

recreational medicals• ECG’s• Full body skin checks• Immunisations• INR management• Men’s Health• Mirena insertion & removal• Obstetrics• Onsite emergency care• Procedural pain management• Rapid iron infusion• Removal of skin lesions• SCAT5 assessments• Specialist referrals• Sport’s medicine• Venesection• Worker’s compensation cases

• Blood Transfusion• Cervical Screening Test• Chronic disease management• Diabetes & asthma plans• Ear syringing• Enhanced primary care plans• Geriatric health• Implanon insertion & removal• IV therapy/antibiotics• Mental health care plans• My Health Record• Onsite cardiac assessment• Plastering and ongoing care• Q fever vaccination• Removal of foreign bodies• Respiratory checks• Spirometry testing• Suturing• Travel advice• Venepuncture• Women’s health• Wound care & dressings

GPcare DoctorsDr Chris SayMBBS DA Dip RACOG FACRRM

Dr Graham HughesMBBS DRCOG (UK) Grad Cert Health (Palliative Care)

Dr Emma ManifoldBMBS (Hons) FRACGP BHSc

Dr Megan McLaughlinMBBS (Adelaide) FRACGP DCH

Dr Cath LoveMB FRACGP FACRRM

Dr Daniel EdgeBMBS FRACGP DCH

Dr Cassie GibbsBMBS FRACGP BMSc DCH

Dr Naif SaigolMBBS FRACGP

Dr Babak Taghavi ArdebiliDoctor of Medicine

Dr Katya SpeightBMBS FRACGP DCH

Dr Angela TravisBMBS B Med Sc (Hons) FRACGP FACRRM FARGR (Anaes)

Dr Anna VnukMBBS DRANZCOG FRACGP MClinEd EdD FPAA Cert

Dr Madhu RaoMBBS

Contact UsGPcare General Practice 85 Wellington Rd, Mt Barker PO Box 1794Mt Barker SA 5251

1300 472 273NEW Opening HoursMon: 8.00am - 8.00pmTues: 8.00am - 6.00pmWed: 8.00am - 6.00pmThurs: 8.00am - 8.00pmFri: 8.00am - 6.00pmSat: 9.00am - 12.30pmSun: Closed

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Feedback We always welcome feedback: positive or negative. We can only improve our service if we know what you think of us.

Please tell us what we do well and what we could do better. Direct all your feeback to Jo Teakle or Kim Saunders.

There is a suggestion box in the waiting room for anonymous feedback.

Serious complaints can also be directed to:HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS COMMISIONER SAPO Box 199, Rundle Mall, SA, 5000 hcscc.sa.gov.auP: 08 8226 8666 Country SA Toll Free: 1800 232 007 F: 08 8226 8620

The EDcare Accident and Emergency Service provides the local community with access to doctors and nurses 24/7.

EDcare is a walk-in service only. Appointments cannot be made. EDcare is located in the Mount Barker Hospital, 87 Wellington Rd, Mt Barker.