Paresh has a portfolio of roles as a GP, academic, educator and consultant. He is the Director and Principal of an innovative outreach primary care service as well as a technology enabled general practice, Next Practice Deakin. He is the Deputy Chair for the RACGP’s Expert Committee on Quality Care. He has academic affiliations and is Editor-in-Chief of BMJ’s Integrated Healthcare Journal. He undertakes consultancy and has developed and designed leadership, quality and patient safety programmes for the NHS and general practice organisational development initiatives for a number of PHNs across Australia. He has a proven track record of achievements, has spoken at national and international conferences, acted as adviser on a number of Commonwealth committees as well as jurisdictional health committees and is a GP Consultant Adviser at the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and eHealth. The golden thread uniting his broad interests is a passion for person-centred care.

Dr Sheila Cook is the Director of Medicine at Toowoomba Hospital. She was the first Endocrinologist to move west of Brisbane, and developed a model of service for diabetes that meant that she visited 30 GP practices regularly to see her patients with their own GPs. This clinic involved over 130 GPs to develop their skills in managing diabetes and endocrinology. Not only did patients and GPs benefit, but the hospital waiting list was eliminated. As a mother of four, she is obsessed with the effects of sleep deprivation and poor diet on health outcomes, and is passionate about educating patients on simple lifestyle strategies that improve health and longevity.

Greg has a finance background and has worked in Primary Care Support for over 11 years. He has held Finance, Project Coordinator, and Program Management roles across a Division of General Practice, Medicare Local and two Primary Health Networks. Aboriginal Health and Chronic Disease Management have been key areas of interest and a focus of his work. Greg currently leads commissioning for Chronic Disease Care Coordination and has worked with over 50 local General Practices at the South Eastern Melbourne PHN.