TGPN — Practice Profile

Quacks at Bamford Lane

Background & History:

The practice has been established for over 25 years, is situated in a building with another general practice and works co-operatively with that practice, sharing some major equipment items (e.g. sterilizers etc), but running with different reception desks, staff etc. Neither practice has ever bulk-billed.

The practice has been computerized for receipting and accounting purposes for nearly 20 years. Prescription writing has been computerized for 6 years and we have had all on-going clinical records on computer for over 3 years now. Letters received from other health providers are scanned into the records. We do, however, have a large number of old handwritten records available for reference.

We have been a training practice for the RACGP for 19 years and are accredited for both basic and advanced terms as well as for mentor terms. We also host work experience students and post-graduate medical students from the University of Queensland as well as our own "home grown" medical students from the new undergraduate medical school at James Cook University.

We have a web site at www.quacks.com.au and also have a second monthly newsletter with general medical information as well as specific practice news.

Many of our patients have attended since the early days of the practice. Over the years we have delivered many of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. We estimate we now have 5 or 6 "five generation families" who attend.

We also have a dedicated and comfortable staff tea room.

We are GPA Plus Accredited. Re-accreditation will be due in October 2003.

Practice Aims & Philosophy:

The basic philosophy of the practice is to provide the best quality health care possible in a friendly environment. We have never bulk-billed as we feel strongly that this might compromise our ability to provide this care. Fees are discounted where appropriate at the discretion of the doctors. We believe that patients should be encouraged to take responsibility for their own health as much as possible.

We carry out palliative care for patients of the practice and also have admission privileges at both of the local private hospitals as well as providing on-going medical supervision for patients who are residents of the nursing homes in our area.

After Hours care is currently provided through the After Hours General Practice, which is co-ordinated by the Townsville General Practice Network. After hours consultations and nursing support are available until 10pm each night, from midday on Saturday and all day on Sunday and public holidays. After 10pm a GP is "on call" — patient calls are screened by arrangement with our local ambulance service.

Contact Details:

Practice Manager: Robyn Alloway
Practice Principals: Dr. Maggie Mackay & Dr Kym Daniell
Phone: 07 4773 3033
Fax: 07 4773 6971
Email: quacks@quacks.com.au
Address:

28 Bamford Lane
Kirwan
Qld, 4817.

Opening Hours:

Monday to Wednesday: 8.30am to 8.30pm
Thursday and Friday: 8.30am to 6.00pm
Saturday: 8.30am to 12noon

Building:

Waiting Rooms: 1
Consulting Rooms: 3
Treatment Rooms: 1 Sister’s treatment station, 1 Physiotherapy area, 1 Minor ops theatre.
Dedicated off-street parking with security lighting.

Equipment: Diagnostic Ultrasound, Interferential, Computerized glucose monitoring, ECG, Pulmonary function testing, Cryotherapy apparatus, Audiometer etc

Doctors:

• Dr. Kym Daniell

Brief Resume: Has been practising here for over 23 years. Adjunct senior lecturer with the James Cook University, Fellow of the College of Tropical Medicine, Clinical supervisor with the GPET (registrar training program). City Medical officer.

Areas of Interest: Tropical Medicine, Public Health and Vaccination, Paediatrics, Diabetes, Medical computing and Health Informatics.



• Dr. Maggie Mackay

Brief Resumé: Originally trained in Scotland, principal in this practice for over 25 years, Adjunct Senior Lecturer James Cook Medical School, Foundation Member of the Menopause Society, Clinical supervisor with the GPET (registrar training program), completed a Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Visiting Medical Officer at the Townsville Hospital (running post natal clinic).

Areas of Interest: Women’s Health including menopause, diabetic management in general practice, infertility, mental health, preventative medicine, minor skin surgery, medical education.

Other Staff:

Nursing: The practice employs a number of nursing staff and there are always nursing staff on duty, The quality and depth of experience of these staff is impressive, even to the practice principals. One of our nursing staff has just completed 16 years of service.

Administration: We have 2 (almost full time) receptionists and also employ several part-time university and senior high school students as junior receptionists.

We have recently had two registrars working in our practice (both part-time). As from July 2003 we will have a full time registrar and one of our current registrars will continue to work for two sessions a week (her baby is due during the next 6 months!).

Services:

Procedures carried out:

• Application of plasters.
• Audiometry (hearing tests).
• Child and adult and travel vaccinations
• Cryotherapy (both with liquid nitrogen and nitrous oxide — generally used for "sun spots", warts,etc)
• Diathermy (generally used for Plantar warts and similar).
• Recreational diving medicals.(Dr Daniell only)
• Ear syringing
• ECGs
• Home blood pressure monitors for loan.
• Hormone implants and insertion (and removal) of Implanon (for contraception.)
• Inpatient hospital medical care.
• IUCD insertion, including fitting of Mirena (Dr Mackay only).
• Extensve library of information materials — videos, books, tapes and sheets.
• Loan of glucometers for short term use.
• Lung function testing.
• Nursing home medical care.
• Obstetric ultrasound scanning (and video-taping of the scan).
• Photographic monitoring of skin lesions (both melanotic and non melanotic)
• Power operated nebulisers for emergency home asthma treatment.
• Pre-employment medicals.
• Pregnancy tests.
• Routine childhood vaccinations.
• Surgical excision of skin lesions.
• Suturing of lacerations etc.
• Travel Medicine Advice and information including all vaccinations (yellow fever given elsewhere by arrangement)

Other health professionals in practice: Visiting psychologist. Pharmacy, Dentist in building complex

Page last modified: 17 Oct 2007


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