Dr. Gwendoline (Wendy) Burton

Dr. Gwendoline (Wendy) Burton

MBBS FRACGP (Hon)

Twitter

Practice Website

Maternity Matters

GPs Can

Some other projects include:

• Creator/writer of Maternity Matters, a blog providing information for healthcare providers and consumers alike in preconception, antenatal, and post-natal care

• Creator/Writer of GPs Can, a website showcasing the breadth and depth of Australian general practice

• Opinion piece for RACGP news: Am I ‘Just a GP?’ Absolutely - and proud of it.

• Subject Matter Expert/Consultant, Digital Pregnancy Health Record Project (Oct 2018-current)

• Chair, Antenatal/Postnatal National Faculty of Special Interest, RACGP (2015-current)

• Interviewed on BridgeBuilders podcast about shared antenatal care models

• Maternity Lead (2011-current) for Brisbane South PHN

• GP Representative, content creator, and facilitator on the Mater Mothers Hospital Maternity Share Care Alignment Program (2005-current)

• Member of the Queensland Statewide Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Network Steering Committee (2010-current)

• RACGP Representative, Advisory Group to the National Strategic Approach to Maternity Services (2018-2019)

• Chair, RACGP working group Maternity Services in General Practice Position Statement

• Member, Queensland Maternity Services Review Steering Committee (2017-2018)

• Member, Queensland Maternity Services Review Collaborative Leadership Working Group (2017-2018)

• Facilitation/creation of antenatal/postnatal workshops at Emerald (2013, 2018) and Biloela (2018)

• Facilitator and presenter of Informed Consent Panel presentation SMNCN Forum (2017)

• GP Consultant to the Mater Shared Electronic Health Record Project (2011-2012)

• Queensland Statewide Child and Youth Health Clinical Network (2009-2010)

• Brisbane Immunisation Local Area Group (2009-2012)

• Brisbane and Surrounding Shires and Cities Immunisation Committee (2002-2008)

• Brisbane South Child Health Intersectoral Group (2002-2008)

• Parent and GP representatve, Queensland Children’s Hospital Steering Committee (2006-2009)

• Parent Representative, Paediatric Cardiac Services Taskforce (2006)

• Board Secretary, SeaGP (2007-2009)

• Chair of the Governance Subcommittee, SeaGP (2007-2009)

• Founding Board Member, South East Alliance of General Practice, SeaGP (2005-2009)

• Board Member, Brisbane Inner South Division of General Practice (2003-2005)

Wendy is an experienced GP whose primary passion lies in the interactions in the consulting room. Born and bred on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, her parents were the local GPs - her dad did the operations, her mum gave the anaesthetics, and between them they delivered most of Wendy’s friends.
With a passion for education, communication, and advocacy, her focus on identifying and closing the gaps in the healthcare system have borne fruit through her work in connecting healthcare sectors from 2002. Her largest body of work is in the maternity sector, where she has worked at local, state, and national levels, but she is also passionate about early childhood and is nurturing an emerging interest in trauma-informed care.
Wendy is keenly aware that what happens outside of her consultation room influences what she can do inside her consultation room, and as decisions are made by those who turn up, she is keen to see improvements in GP representation. A confident public speaker, she remains endlessly curious and outcomes-focussed, arguing “If it doesn’t work for the clinician, it doesn’t work; if it doesn’t work for the consumer, what’s the point?”