After 40 years working as a local GP in the hunters hill community, the 31^st of January 2024 was Dr Andrew Bowes’ last day. 40 years working in the same community, looking after the same patients is an amazing achievement and many of his patients turned out for an afternoon tea and a chat. It was a huge event which shows the high regard that Dr Bowes and HHMP are held in the community.

Dr Bowes spoke at the event about his early days at HHMP and how the practice has changed and grown, now offering patients a myriad of services in their local community. This brings trusted specialist and allied health services to the patients and ensures better teamwork and communication between all the different health professions involved.

Dr Bowes has always championed medical student and registrar education. Many of the team at HHMP have benefited from this. This commitment to education is part of HHMP and will certainly continue.

Before he retired, Dr Bowes was involved in the selection of new doctors to join HHMP and look after his patients. Many patients have been handed over to these doctors and this will ensure excellent continuity of care. The HHMP team is keen to continue to look after patients of Dr Bowes and our reception and nursing team are available to help patients select a GP that will continue to meet their needs.

We wish Dr Bowes all the best for the next chapter of his life.

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Patient care after Dr Andrew Bowes retires

We know that the HHMP staff and patients will miss Dr Andrew Bowes a great deal. This decision has been some time coming and we have been planning for such a large loss. In order to make the process smooth for patients multiple new male and female GPs have joined the practice and have received handover from Dr Bowes to ensure a seamless patient experience.

For more information about the other doctors at HHMP who will help to continue to look after Dr Bowes’ patients, please click here.

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us 9817 2080.

Dr Andrew Bowes today celebrated his 40th year as a GP serving the community at Hunters Hill Medical Practice. This is a major achievement and one which we are very proud to celebrate with him.  He is planning to retire from General Practice at HHMP on the 1st of February 2024.

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Graduation 1979

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UK early 1980s

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Hornsby Mid 1980s

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Sydney Olympics 2000

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HHMP 2018

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Announcing Retirement 2023

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HHMP team 2023

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40 years worth celebrating!

Patient care after Dr Andrew Bowes retires

We know that the HHMP staff and patients will miss Dr Andrew Bowes a great deal. This decision has been some time coming and we have been planning for such a large loss. In order to make the process smooth for patients multiple new male and female GPs have joined the practice and have received handover from Dr Bowes to ensure a seamless patient experience.

For more information about the other doctors at HHMP who will help to continue to look after Dr Bowes’ patients, please click here.

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us 9817 2080.

Dr Andrew Bowes recently announced his planned retirement from HHMP. His last day is planned for the 1st of February 2024. Please see the letter below from Dr Andrew Bowes.

A Message to Patients of Dr Andrew Bowes at Hunters Hill Medical Practice

To My Dear Patients,

January 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of my work with Hunters Hill Medical Practice (HHMP). I have decided this is an appropriate time to retire. My last consulting day will be Wednesday
31st of January 2024.

It has been a privilege to have been involved in your care over the years. A particular joy of my work has been looking after 4-5 generations of families, “from cradle to grave”. I am proud
HHMP has become a quality teaching practice, and the medical students and General Practice trainee doctors keep us all up to date and ensure our doctors maintain very high standards.

We have an excellent team at HHMP led by Dr Charbel Badr. For your future medical care, I highly recommend Dr Lilijana Gorringe who will be in my seat in room 5 when I leave. Lil is an
experienced General Practitioner whom I met through my teaching at Sydney University. She lives in Hunters Hill and her family are well known at Villa Maria school and in local sport teams.
I also recommend Dr Rachel La Black who is joining HHMP in 2024, another excellent experienced doctor who will job share in Room 5 with Dr Lil Gorringe. For those who would
prefer to see a male doctor can I suggest either Dr Chris Lam or Dr Leo Tam, both highly competent doctors.

I am in good health and plan, among other things, to help rural doctors by doing locums so they can have a holiday. I will also continue to be involved in medical education at both University of

Sydney and Hanoi Medical University, and I look forward to spending more time with my wife, Catherine, and my family and grandchildren.

Thank you for the support you have shown me and I wish you all the best for the future and the coming festive season.

Kind Regards,
Dr Andrew Bowes

We know that the HHMP staff and patients will miss Dr Bowes. A multi-generational family GP at the same location for 40 years is a tremendous achievement.

For more information about other doctors at HHMP who will help to continue to look after Dr Bowes’ patients, please click here.

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us 9817 2080.