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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
The Townsville Hospital and Health Service comprises of 18 hospitals and community health campuses.
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Townsville Office
Ph: (07) 4781 5333
Em: gmt.townsville@jcu.edu.au
Location & Mailing Address
Level 3, Clinical Practice Building
1 James Cook Drive
James Cook University QLD 4811
Map
Training Posts in the region for GPT/PRRT/ES terms
| Name | Location | Type | College Accreditation |
| Ayr Health Service | Ayr | Health Service | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Ayr Medical Group | Ayr | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Bamford Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Belgian Gardens Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| 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 |
| Douglas Family Medical Centre | Townsville (Douglas) | General Practice | RACGP |
| Fairfield Central Medical Practice | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Gold City Medical Centre | Charters Towers | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Headspace Townsville | Townsville | Specialty Practice | RACGP - Extended Skills Only |
| 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 and Skin Cancer Care | 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 |
| Joyce Palmer Health Service | Palm Island | Health Service | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Kings Road Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Kirwan Family Practice | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Kirwan GP Clinic | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Latitude 19 Health | Magnetic Island | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Lavarack Health Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP/ACRRM |
| Mundingburra Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| North Queensland Minimally Invasive Surgery | Townsville | Specialty Practice | RACGP - Extended Skills Only |
| North Shore General Practice | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| North Ward Health Campus | Townsville | Specialty Practice | RACGP - Extended Skills Only |
| Northern Beaches GP Superclinic | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Northtown Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Olive Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Outback Family Medicine | Ayr | General Practice | RACGP |
| Palm Island Community Company | Palm Island | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health service | 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/ACRRM |
| Skin Repair Skin Cancer Clinic | Townsville | Specialty Practice | RACGP - Extended Skills Only |
| Smart Clinics (Annandale) | Townsville (Annandale) | General Practice | RACGP |
| Smart Clinics (Fairfield Waters) | Townsville (Fairfield Waters) | General Practice | RACGP |
| 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) | Specialty Practice | RACGP - Extended Skills Only |
| Townsville Hospital | Townsville | Hospital | RACGP - Extended Skills Only |
| Townsville and Suburban Medical Practice | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service | Garbutt and Heatley | 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 |
| Mount Louisa Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
| Upper Ross Medical Centre | Townsville | General Practice | RACGP |
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Please refer to ACRRM’s Fellowship Handbook (Pg. 12 – 14) for further details.
