I have the good fortune of starting work in a brand-new, shiny clinic next week. And not just any clinic – a Superclinic (probably the last of its kind funded before the government changed). It’s an exciting time, particularly for the founding clinical team. The atmosphere is brimming with ideas about innovation, holistic care and creating a workplace we’ll all enjoy sharing.  We sit in planning meetings and each bring our ideas and experience to the table about how to make this General Practice clinic a model of gold-standard primary health care.  It got me thinking – what’s on your wishlist for the ‘perfect’ General Practice?

I was lucky to work in an extraordinary country practice in Camperdown, VIC with a set-up I’d love to emulate. This clinical team had effectively created their own multidisciplinary ‘Superclinic’ with Allied Health on-site, visiting specialists, procedures, and nurse-led preventative health and chronic disease…