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Glebe Hill Family Practice and GHFP Nurture are locally-owned primary health care centres supporting GP's and Allied Health Professionals to provide quality, holistic, patient-centred health care for the whole family. The friendly GHFP team support independent health practitioners who specialise in a number of services across General Practice and Allied Health and are clinically supported by our Practice Nursing team.

Glebe Hill Family Practice - Dr Catherine Woolley
BMedSci, MBBS (Hons), DCH, FRACGP

Catherine grew up in Hobart and graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2010. She completed her general practice training in southern Tasmania and received her Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2016. She has been working interstate for the last few years and has just recently moved back home to Tasmania with her husband and 2 young children.

Catherine spends most of her time outside of work caring for and being entertained / amazed by her 3 daughters. Catherine enjoys exploring and adventuring both locally and further afield with her large extended family.

Dr Woolley returned in May 2024 to operate a Travel Clinic at GHFP Nurture.

Sessions:

Travel Clinics on Tuesdays at GHFP Nurture

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Doctors
MBBS, FRACGP, DCH

David grew up in the North West Coast of Tasmania and graduated from University of Tasmania in 1992. David worked and travelled in England for two years before returning to Australia to complete his General Practice training in Western Australia. He returned to Tasmania with his family  in 2004 and has been a General Practitioner on the eastern shore of Hobart since 2005.

David loves helping people, families and their communities and feels you can only do this in General Practice.

He is interested in all aspects of Family General Practice, providing what our communities need and also being a positive role model for the next generation of family doctors.

David currently works for Cricket Tasmania and will watch any sport!

He loves living in Hobart and enjoying everything it has to offer.

Sessions:

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, plus Saturdays (about once a month) at Glebe Hill Family Practice.

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Glebe Hill Family Practice - Dr Rachael Boland
BMedSc, MBBS, FRACGP, DCH

Rachael grew up in Burnie on the North West coast.  She completed her medical degree in 2000 from the University of Tasmania and gained her Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2005. 

The variety of medicine and opportunity to get know your patients over time is what attracted Rachael to choosing this speciality. She enjoys the continuity of care and holistic approach General Practice offers. 

Rachael is a specialist general practitioner and also works as a Medical Educator with RACGP GP Training. 

Outside of work Rachael enjoys cooking, reading, crocheting, walking and spending time with her family and friends.

Sessions:

Mondays and Thursdays at Glebe Hill Family Practice.

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Doctors
Glebe Hill Family Practice - Michelle Shering, Physiotherapist
BAppSci (Physiotherapy) - Sydney University

Michelle has been working in physiotherapy for 25 years since graduating from Sydney University. She has worked across a variety of different specialties and locations from remote area health in Broken Hill with the flying doctors to sports physiotherapy with netball and soccer clubs both in Tasmania and NSW.

Michelle has experience in the full spectrum of clinical areas from respiratory physiotherapy to musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and neurological rehabilitation as well as aged care and falls prevention. She is passionate about restoring and maintaining healthy physical function to allow an active lifestyle in all ages.

Settling in Tasmania 14 years ago after living in Scotland for 8 years, Michelle enjoys long family walks, days at the beach and sailing in Tasmania’s beautiful outdoors, and firmly believes she will one day become a very accomplished gardener - "all this failing must surely lead to gardening success one day!".

Fees:

Initial Physiotherapy Consultation: $130

Subsequent Physiotherapy Consultation: $115

A $5 discount on Physiotherapy appointment fees is available for concession-card-holders on weekdays (Monday to Friday). Full fees apply to Saturday appointments..

A Medicare rebate of $58.30 may be available for patients who have:

  • an EPC referral for patients who have a GP Chronic Condition Managemet Plan, or
  • a referral from a GP for allied health services for patients who have had an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Check

Private referrrals are accepted. (Private Health Fund rebates vary depending on the cover).

Glebe Hill Family Practice uses HICAPS for prompt private health rebates at the surgery.

Referrals are welcome from outside of Glebe Hill Family Practice.

Sessions:

Fridays at Glebe Hill Family Practice

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Allied Health
Glebe Hill Family Practice - Jane Wilkinson
BPhty (2000) University of Queensland

Jane is a physiotherapist with 20 years experience providing quality care to patients in a diverse range of settings and across a wide range of conditions. After gaining her Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland in 2000, her work has taken her to a variety of areas across Australia and overseas including Alice Springs, Darwin, Brisbane, London and most recently Townsville where she has managed practices, supervised students, been a senior physiotherapist and an educator.

Jane enjoys all aspects of physiotherapy and is passionate about getting people active and healthy. Jane is skilled in orthopaedic and post-surgical rehabilitation and sports injury management in all ages, from the young to the young-at-heart.

Jane is the mother of three boys and the wife of an new local orthopaedic surgeon, Matt Wilkinson. Jane is a keen distance runner and enjoys a range of outdoor activities with her family and their Labrador, Molly.

Fees:

Initial Physiotherapy Consultation: $130

Subsequent Physiotherapy Consultation: $115

A $5 discount on Physiotherapy appointment fees is available for concession-card-holders on weekdays (Monday to Friday). Full fees apply to Saturday appointments.

A Medicare rebate of $58.30 may be available for patients who have:

  • an EPC referral for patients who have a GP Chronic Condition Managemet Plan, or
  • a referral from a GP for allied health services for patients who have had an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Check

Private referrrals are accepted. (Private Health Fund rebates vary depending on the cover).

Glebe Hill Family Practice uses HICAPS for prompt private health rebates at the surgery.

Referrals are welcome from outside of Glebe Hill Family Practice.

Sessions:

Mondays & Wednesdays at Glebe Hill Family Practice

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Allied Health
Glebe Hill Family Practice - Dr Nicole Davies
FRACGP, MBBS, DCH

Nicole grew up in Hobart before studying medicine at the UTAS graduating in 2011. She worked in hospitals on the Sunshine Coast and the Royal Hobart Hospital before starting work in General Practice. Nicole received her Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2016. She moved to New Zealand in 2017 with her husband working for 2 years in NZ as a GP before returning to Hobart in 2019.

Outside of work Nicole is busy with her two young children and enjoys regular playground tours of Hobart, spending time outdoors with her family, good food and good coffee!

Nicole enjoys all aspects of general practice, particularly getting to know patients and their families over time. She has special interests in women’s health, preventative health and chronic disease management.

Sessions:

Mondays, Thursdays and alternate Wednesdays, plus Saturdays (fortnightly) at Glebe Hill Family Practice.

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Doctors
Glebe Hill Family Practice - Rowena

Rowie grew up in Geilston Bay. Enjoying twenty plus years in the health industry, including dental, allied and medical, Rowie is married with two children and enjoys playing volleyball, watching the Jack Jumpers and catching up with friends and family.

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Practice Support Team
Glebe Hill Family Practice - broccoli soup recipe

There are a number of buzz treatments and remedies out there for losing weight. We often hear: "I don’t eat till lunch time", or  "I only eat one meal a day’", or "I usually skip lunch to eat less". 

It is a common misconception that starvation is a good way to lose weight.

Starving yourself, or eating irregular of infrequent meals, sometimes achieves short term weight loss. But less frequent meals may not necessarily be low in calories, and may also be low in vital nutrients.