Practice News
Our fees and billing policy is changing
From Monday 6th February 2023, we will be introducing an out of pocket fee for some patients for routine consultations. In order to minimise the impact of this change, we will continue to bulk bill (i.e. not charge): All children under 16 years of age* All patients 70 years [...]
Holiday Hours
We will be closed for Australia day on Thursday 26th January 2023. The co-located Laverty pathology collection centre will also be closed.
Covid booster – Omicron BA.1 specific vaccine now available
updated October 6th 2022 As of 10th October 2022, we will have the new Moderna Spikevax bivalent vaccine available for use as a booster for adults aged 18 years and older, and offers greater protection against Covid Omicron BA.1 and other sub variants. This vaccine can be used [...]
Covid-19 Vaccines
Vaccines available at Hills Family Practice Cominarty (Pfizer)- for 12 years and over Cominarty (Pfizer) - paediatric formulation for(5-11 years of age) Spikevax (Moderna)- for 6 years and over Spikevax bivalent orginal/Omicron BA.1 formulation (Moderna)- booster for 18 years and over If you receive your vaccine elsewhere, please [...]
Flu Vaccines Now Available
This information is current as of 20 July 2022. The NSW free vaccine program for all residents of NSW ended on 17 July 2022. Free vaccines are still available for patients 6 months to 5 years of age, those 65 years and over, and patients with chronic health [...]
Our Quality Improvement Strategy
Our Strategy One of the fundamentals of quality and safety in healthcare is to embed a strategy for continuous quality improvement and to never stop trying to become better. As part of our service, accountability and commitment to you, we believe that we should continuously look to improve and [...]
Podiatrist Now At HFGP
We would like to welcome Matthew Roumanus (B. Podiatry, B. HSc), a podiatrist, into the practice. Matthew has experience in treating patients of all ages. Seeing a podiatrist may help you if you have: Foot and leg pain Corns and Calluses Toenail problems such [...]
QI Dashboard
This page displays a summary of the measures in our quality improvement efforts. Please refer to the specific sections for more detail. We prefer to use “run charts” to display this information, as it is the best way to display change over time and to best identify efforts that [...]
Paediatric Care
Looking after our young patients is very important to us. We take great joy in looking after our babies and young families. Our practice has 8 doctors that have the additional qualification of Diploma of Child Health. Our four nurses have all completed a post graduate immunisation course. We [...]
Quality Improvement
Practice Quality Improvement One of the fundamentals of quality and safety in healthcare is to embed a strategy for continuous quality improvement and to never stop trying to become better. As part of our service, accountability and commitment to you, we believe that we should [...]
SmartVax
As your medical home, we want to stay in touch about all aspects of your health and well being. In order to help us stay informed about any vaccine side effects, we are now now using SmartVax, a real-time vaccine safety monitoring program using SMS technology. Find out more about [...]
Project Wellbeing & HFGP
Our Clinical Psychologist Tehani Gunasekara and her team work closely with the doctors at HFGP to ensure our patients have access to top psychological care. Project Wellbeing is a Castle Hill based Psychology and wellbeing practice that provides individual therapy, Wellbeing Workshops, and Perinatal Mental Health services. Our [...]
Prevention
Preventive medicine is the practice of promoting preventive health care to improve patient well-being. The goal is to ultimately prevent disease, disability, and death. Click on the graphs to enlarge them. Cervical Screening Cervical screening (previously known as PAP smears) is one of the most [...]
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
People with heart disease require extra care to prevent more cardiac events, illness and death. Click on the graphs to enlarge. Heart disease, and specifically ischaemic (or coronary artery) disease, is an important and common cause of death and disability in Australia. If you [...]
Vaccinations
Vaccines are as important to your overall health as diet and exercise. When you skip vaccines, you leave yourself vulnerable to illness. Click on the graphs to enlarge them. Childhood Vaccinations Childhood vaccinations are a crucial measure in preventing debilitating and potentially life threatening infections. [...]
Managing Diabetes at HFGP
Diabetes care is complex, and there are many things we can measure that help us determine effectiveness of care. Click on the graphs to enlarge them. If you are living with diabetes, controlling your blood sugar is very important to prevent complications such as [...]
Covid-19 vaccination for people with low immunity
Please note that the advice on this page is specifically for patients who have conditions which could have impaired their response to the first and second dose of the Covid Vaccine. The advice for boosters is different to what is referred to as dose three. Further information on boosters [...]
Team Based Care
As many of our patients know, we continue to bring together a wonderful team of people who are all there to help when they need them. We encourage all of our patients to meet and partner with their team as required. We believe that team based care helps build [...]
Our Vision
We want to be a practice that delivers team-based healing relationships that wrap around the healthcare needs of our patients and their families. We want to make sure the care we provide is effective, evidence based, safe, and focused on prevention. Our focus is to provide lifetime care to [...]
Managing Covid-19 at Home
This page provides you with information about what to do if you have Covid-19. The advice on this page is of general nature and you should seek medical attention or call us if you have any questions. Frequently asked questions Managing Covid-19 [...]
What is a medical home?
There are many definitions of a medical home that incorporate general practice. We have visited and studied many systems around the world to learn about the best models of care, including Oregon, Cambridge Health Alliance in Boston, New Zealand, and the UK. However, we believe that a medical [...]
