GPQ promotes the central role of general practice in primary health care.

We advocate for and lobby on behalf of members to inform health policy through the provision of advice to governments and non-government organisations.

We link approximately 4,499 general practitioners, 1,253 general practices, 2,091 practice nurses as well as other practice staff and allied health providers in Queensland. These links provide effective communication channels for gathering and dissemination of information.

Queensland Divisions Profile

Since July 2009, GPQ has been producing six monthly ‘Division Profiles’. These profiles provide comprehensive information from a range of data sets including demographics, primary care workforce, health service utilisation, disease prevention and management and Divisions National Performance Indicators.

In October 2010, GPQ also published the first state wide 'Queensland Profile'. This profile provides an overview of key health indicators in Queensland.  The indicators have been selected on the basis of their availability and their relevance to primary health care.  They provide a useful snapshot and a means of monitoring trends rather than being definitive measures themselves.

The most recent Queensland Profile, published in November 2011 also details health information and data specific to Medicare Local catchment areas as well as division catchment areas.

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GPQ draws the information from a number of publicly available data sources, such as:

• Medicare Australia
• Queensland Health
• Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU) at the University of Adelaide
• Primary Health Care Research & Information Service (PHCRIS) at Flinders University, South Australia
• Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR)

The information in the profiles has been grouped under headings that reflect areas of focus and activity in primary health care.  They are:

• Australian Government National Health ReformPopulation demographics (potential demand for health services)
• Primary care workforce (availability of primary care workforce and services)
• Service utilisation (volume and use of a range of health services)
• Disease prevention (prevention of chronic disease and the maintenance of population health)
• Chronic disease management (prevalence of chronic conditions including activity associated with the management of patients with chronic conditions)
• Uptake of national incentives (Medicare item numbers and Federal Government incentives)

CEO & Board Chairs Network

• CEO (Member only)
  
• Board Chairs (Member only) 
  
  

Queensland Divisions of General Practice

Queensland Medicare Locals

• Greater Metro South Brisbane Medicare Local
• Gold Coast Medicare Local
• Metro North Brisbane Medicare Local
• Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local
• West Moreton-Oxley Medicare Local

 Boundary Maps

• Division Boundary Map (Queensland) 

• Division Boundary Map (Brisbane)

The State Based Organisations (SBOs)

• ACT Division of General Practice (ACTDGP) 

• General Practice Network Northern Territory (GPNNT) 

• General Practice New South Wales (GPNSW) 

• General Practice South Australia (GPSA) 

• General Practice Tasmania 

• General Practice Victoria (GPV) 

• WA General Practice Network (WAGPN)