Townsville

Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast and is considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland. Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state.

Townsville lies in the Burdekin Dry Tropics Region, which covers approximately 95,000 square kilometres and includes Bowen, Ayr, and Charters Towers. There are six main placement sites in this region where you may be based during your GP training. These include: Ayr, Charters Towers, Ingham, Magnetic Island, Palm Island and Townsville.

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service comprises of 18 hospitals and community health campuses.

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Current active Training Posts in the region for GPT/PRRT/ES terms

(This list does not indicate capacity in this region. Please contact jcugp.placements@jcu.edu.au for more information).

Name	Location	Type	College Accreditation
Annandale Doctors	Townsville (Annandale)	General Practice	RACGP
Ayr Health Service	Ayr	Health Service	RACGP/ACRRM
Ayr Medical Group	Ayr	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Bluewater Medical Practice	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Bushland Beach Medical Centre	Bushland Beach	General Practice	RACGP
Charters Towers Health Service	Charters Towers	Health Service	RACGP/ACRRM
Child and Family Centre Palm Island	Palm Island	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health service	RACGP/ACRRM
Douglas Family Medical Centre	Townsville (Douglas)	General Practice	RACGP
Eastbrooke Family Clinic Townsville	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Fairfield Central Medical Practice	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
FNQ Family Practice	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Gold City Medical Centre	Charters Towers	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Health and Wellbeing (North Ward)	Townsville (North Ward)	General Practice	RACGP
Health and Wellbeing (Wulguru)	Townsville (Wulguru)	General Practice	RACGP
Healthlink Family Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Hermit Park Clinic	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Hinchinbrook Health Care	Ingham	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Hyde Park Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Ingham Family Medical Practice	Ingham	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Ingham Health Service	Ingham	Health Service	RACGP/ACRRM
JCU Health	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Joyce Palmer Health Service	Palm Island	Health Service	AST/ARST – ACRRM and RACGP; Extended Skills – RACGP
Kings Road Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Kirwan GP Clinic	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Lavarack Health Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM - ADF Only
Magnetic Island Medical Practice	Magnetic Island	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Mount Louisa Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Mundingburra Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
North Shore General Practice	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
North Ward Health Campus	Townsville	Specialty Practice	AST/ARST – ACRRM and RACGP; Extended Skills – RACGP
Northern Beaches GP Superclinic	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Northtown Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Nurture Family Health Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Olive Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Outback Family Medicine	Ayr	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Pinnacle Medical Centre	Condon	General Practice	RACGP
Quacks at Bamford Lane	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Riverway Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Rosslea Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Skin Repair Skin Cancer Clinic	Townsville	Specialty Practice	RACGP - Extended Skills Only
Sports Clinic NQ	Townsville	Specialty Practice	RACGP - Extended Skills Only
Strive Health and Physiotherapy	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
The Diabetic GP Clinic	Townsville (Hyde Park)	General Practice	RACGP
Townsville Correctional Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Townsville Public Health Unit	Townsville	Health Service	ACRRM - AST
Townsville University Hospital	Townsville	Hospital	AST/ARST – ACRRM and RACGP; Extended Skills – RACGP
Townsville and Suburban Medical Practice	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service	Garbutt	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health service	RACGP/ACRRM
Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (Charters Towers)	Charters Towers	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health service	RACGP/ACRRM
Townsville Family Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Townsville GP Superclinic	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Townsville Health Centre (RAAF Base)	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP - ADF only
Upper Ross Medical Centre	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP
Mooney Street Medical	Townsville	General Practice	RACGP

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