Preventative Health & Chronic Condition Support
What is it?
Preventative health consists of general practice measures taken for chronic condition prevention with screening, immunisation and patient centred care planning to optimise your current health status. Chronic conditions include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, lung conditions such as asthma, COPD, emphysema, obesity, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, chronic infectious diseases, chronic fatigue, chronic joint conditions.
Chronic conditions:
have complex and multiple causes
may occur as a single condition in a person, or along with other diseases (comorbidity)
usually progress gradually
can occur at any age, although they are more common as people get older
can affect quality of life
can create limitations and disability
are not usually immediately life-threatening, but can shorten life expectancy
GP management plans and better treatments allow people to live longer with chronic conditions.
Services & Procedures:
Preventative health checks; 40- 49yrs diabetes risk check, 45-49yrs health checks, annual 75+ health checks, post ADF health checks
GP Management Plans for chronic disease with options for referral to Allied Health services, such as Physiotherapist, Exercise Physiologist, Dietician, Podiatrist, Diabetes Educator.
Integrative Medicine (see Integrative Medicine)
Lifestyle Medicine (see Lifestyle Medicine)
Herbalist services (see Herbal Medicine)
Mental health care plans & referral to psychological support services
Immunisations for influenza, pneumonia, shingles, whooping cough, hepatitis A & B
Onsite pathology collection
Chronic condition diagnosis and surveillance & medication adjustments
Whos does it?
All of our GPs provide individualised patient centred chronic disease health advice for all ages.
Our nurses provide additional patient support with education, resources, collaborative care plans, immunisations and pathology services, all incorporated within the GP consultation; please advise our staff if you wish to see our nurse at the time of the booking.
A GP Management Plan can provide Medicare rebates for up to 5 visits a year for eligible allied health support providers such as Physiotherapist, Exercise Physiologist, Dietitian, Diabetes Educator, Chiropractor, Psychologist, Speech Pathology, & Occupational Therapist (out of pocket costs may apply with providers).