About GPGC
Membership-based, not-for-profit, by GPs for GPs
General Practice Gold Coast Limited (GPGC) is a Membership based organisation established, as a Division of General Practice, in 1994.
With the creation of Medicare Local Primary Health Networks in 2011, most Divisions of General Practice ceased to exist but the Gold Coast Division changed its name to General Practice Gold Coast and continued as an independent organisation with the health of the community at its heart. Healthy General Practice Health Gold Coast.
GPGC’s membership comprises General Practitioners (GPs), Practice Managers and Practice Nurses.
The objective of GPGC is to facilitate the advancement of General Practice, as a whole, by providing:
- Education and professional development opportunities for its members; and
- A forum for General Practitioners to meet and discuss local problems and provide support to each other as colleagues.
- Providing a communication tool between local GPs to allow quick dissemination of up to date relevant information, which has been so important during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Board of Directors composed of up to five GPs, who meet monthly, govern the organisation. The Board works collaboratively and in an advisory role, with the Gold Coast Primary Health Network and Gold Coast Health to ensure that GPs and General Practice continue to be at the centre of patient care innovation and improvement into the future.
Having noted how many patients on the Gold Coast don't have regular GPs, and how difficult it can be to find a GP, in the right location, with the right skills, GPGC have created a searchable GP directory to help.
GP Members of GPGC can elect to have a profile on our website, which they control to allow patients to find them at whatever practice they are currently at. Patients or health professionals can search by doctor or practice name, location, gender, language skills or special interest/skills.
This directory also allows GPs to make it known whether or not they are currently taking new patients, happy to see other doctors as patients, whether they teach medical students or General Practice Registrars or are interested in research.
Meet the GPGC Board Members.
The GPGC website grew out of the collective thinking of our board members. To find out more about our board members, you can view the doctors profiles below.
Dr Nicole Langsford
Dr Laura Baxter
Dr. Laura Baxter grew up in the UK where she undertook a BSc (Biomedical Sciences) and Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Southampton. She completed her intern and JHO years in the UK before moving to the Gold Coast. She completed 4 years of Emergency Medicine training before switching to GP training. She has passed her RACGP exams and is completing the final part of her training time in Northern NSW. She has a passion for Preventative and Holistic care as well as Women’s Health, Antenatal Care and Paediatrics.
Dr Luke Ward
Dr Fabian Ring
Dr Fabian Ring has completed a Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRANZCOG) and was awarded First-Class Honors in Pre-eclampsia in pregnancy. He is a co-author on a neonatal/paediatric publication.
As well as being a director on the board of GPGC, he is an active GP on the Gold Coast.
Dr Kristy Bayliss
Dr Kristy Bayliss joined the GPGC Board of Directors in January 2024.
Dr Bayliss is a locally grown GP, having completed her school years and all her medical training on the Gold Coast. She has been a part of the Hinterland Medical Centre team since 2011.
Dr Bayliss is passionate about general practice and has a particular interest in child and adolescent health and child development.
Past GPGC Board Members.
Dr Tammra Warby
Dr Warby is the former Chair of GPGC, having served on the board from 2021-2023. She is now a Director on the GCPHN Board. Dr Warby is the Clinical Director of Myhealth Foxwell Road, Coomera. She grew up in North QLD, and studied at the University of QLD and Melbourne University, gaining Science and Medicine/Surgery degrees, as well as a PhD in Virology. Dr Warby then worked extensively throughout Ireland and QLD in emergency medicine prior to obtaining FRACGP.
Dr Warby is passionate about advocacy for the GP profession, continuing education and strategic improvement of services. Her other interests are in preventative medicine, sports medicine, antenatal care and virology. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Masters of Health Leadership and Management.
Dr Stacey Ler
Dr Stacey Ler is a local GP who grew up on the Gold Coast. She has a keen interest in medical education and currently mentors Griffith and Bond University medical students and conducts External Clinical Teaching (ECT) sessions with GP registrar trainees. She has an interest in all areas of general practice, particularly in women and children’s health, geriatrics, diabetes and travel medicine.Dr Ler is also a strong advocate for General Practice on the Gold Coast and was a GPGC board. She also serves as a GP representative on the Gold Coast Public Health Network (GCPHN) Clinical Council, Primary Health Care Improvement Committee (PHCIC) and Communications for Safety Committee at Gold Coast University Hospital. She is passionate about improving primary health care and clinical handover between primary, secondary and tertiary health systems.
Dr Katrina McLean
Dr Kat McLean is a GP based in Broadbeach, and Medical Educator working with Bond University and General Practice Training Queensland. Dr McLean is a dual fellow of the RNZCGP and RACGP who made the move over to the Gold Coast in 2011. Dr McLean is passionate about the strength of unity within the medical profession and is actively involved in advocacy work across a number of areas, including communication and safety in healthcare, clinician wellbeing and diversity within medicine.
Dr McLean was the former Chair of General Practice Gold Coast, she was recently the Australian Medical Association Queensland Gold Coast representative and currently the General Practice representative on the Gold Coast Medical Association. Dr McLean is also actively involved with the RACGP, and co-administrator of the GPs Down Under community.
Dr Leeann Carr-Brown
Dr Leeann Carr-Brown is the co-owner and Principal General Practitioner of Tamborine Mountain Medical Practice and Tamborine Mountain Medical Practice-Eagle Heights, where she has practiced and been active in the community for 24 years.
She has a broad range of general practice experience in cradle-to-grave medicine particularly in complex chronic care and fertility regulation. She is a graduate of the University Of NSW, graduating with honours, and has worked in medical practice in Sydney, Canberra, Bungendore, Melbourne and Tamworth in NSW, completing her FRACGP.
She has previously been a representative on the AMA Council in the ACT. Dr Carr-Brown has also worked as a lecturer in general practice at Monash University and is currently involved in training medical students and GP registrars.
She served on the GPGC board of directors from 2016 – 2022.
Dr Sonu Haikerwal
Dr. Sonu Haikerwal is the co-owner and Principal General Practitioner at the Haan Health Medical Centre in Broadbeach and Upper Coomera. Dr Sonu is passionate about medical education and enjoys training GP Registrars and Medical Students at her practices. She brings a wealth of experience in health and general practice and is comfortable dealing with complex health problems.
Dr. Haikerwal is the former Treasurer of General Practice Gold Coast GPGC, she is the former President of the Gold Coast Medical Association GCMA, and she is a current board member with the Gold Coast Hospital Foundation GCHF.
Dr. Sonu graduated from the prestigious AIIMS College in New Delhi, India. In London, UK, she completed her Physician training, MRCP, Obstetrics and Gynaecology DRCOG and General Practitioner training MRCGP. She gained her FRACGP after moving to Australia and she has been in private practice in Australia for 10 years.
Sonu enjoys long beach walks, she’s a classical Indian dancer (trained in bharatnatyam) and enjoys spending time with her family.
