Hunter Rural Division of General Practice

Name - Hunter Rural Division of General Practice
Division Number 218 State New South Wales
Classification Rural Year Established 1992
Number of Member GPs 170 Number of Member Practices 75
 
Postcodes Covered 2301, 2309, 2311, 2312, 2315, 2316, 2317, 2321, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2331, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2336, 2337, 2338, 2339, 2415, 2420, 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2525, 2426, 2428, 2428, 2429, 2430.
Population 200,319 (2001 Census)
Area Covered 33,000 square kilometers, the main centers are Cessnock, Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Nelson Bay, Forster/Tuncurry, Taree Dungog and Gloucester.
CEO Ms Alison Crocker
Chair Dr Chris Larkin
 
Physical Address: Email: admin@hrdgp.org.au
93 Lawes Street
 Phone: 02 4933 3824
East Maitland NSW 2323 Fax: 02 4933 3127
Australia Website: http://www.hrdgp.org.au
Postal Address:
PO Box 2512
Greenhills NSW 2323
Australia

The Hunter Division of General Practice was established in 1992 as the first Division in Australia funded under the Demonstration Practice Grants Program. In September 1993 the Hunter Division split into separate urban and rural divisions with the Hunter Rural Division being incorporated on 21 September 1993.

The area covered by the Division can be divided into two distinct regions. One is the coastal region of NSW stretching from Nelson Bay on the southern side of Port Stephens to just north of Taree. The other is the north western part of the Hunter Valley from Cessnock/Kurri and Singleton north west to Murrurundi and Merriwa. This area extends across two area health service regions, the Hunter Area Health Service and the Mid North Coast Area Health Service.