Staff Details
Dr Dale Ford MBBS FRACGP FACRRM
Special Interests: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease (management and prevention), Dermatology and Aviation Medicine (DAME)
Dr Dale Ford has been a GP with HMG since the mid-1980s following his graduation from University of Melbourne in 1978, and training at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne, PANCH and Hamilton Base Hospital.
He enjoys working at the Practice and serving his patients. He has developed interests in Diabetes Management and Prevention, Cardiovascular Disease Management and Prevention, as well as skin problems.
Dr Ford has had many other roles which have led to him being able to influence policy and advocate for the needs of rural patients and doctors.
Currently these include -
- Being a Principal Clinical Advisor for the Improvement Foundation Australia which runs the largest Practice Improvement Program within Australia. This has been called the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC)- see www.improve.org.au and www.apcc.org.au
- Previously Chair of Southern GP Training (regional GP training provider) www.sgpt.com.au
- On the Board of Great South Coast Medicare Local – www.gscml.com.au
- Chief Medical Officer at Western District Health Service in Hamilton - www.wdhs.net
- He has many other roles in Health Quality Improvement and has a number of peer reviewed journal articles published, and has presented on Quality Improvement in Health throughout Australia and overseas
- Designated Aviation Medical Examiner
He lives with his wife Rowena on their farm and they have three grown up children, Tanya, Adam and Edwina