General Practitioner
Dr Ashwin Menon
FRACGP · Chronic disease management, skin cancer medicine and minor surgical procedures.
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Chronic Disease Management in Rockingham
Ongoing care for diabetes, blood pressure, heart and lung conditions — with reviews that actually happen and allied health in the same building.
Who it suits
Ongoing conditions
Anything that needs managing rather than curing
Care plans
GP-written
Prepared by your own doctor, not a template
Allied health
On site
Exercise physiology in the same building
Referral needed
No
Book directly with any of our doctors
What we cover
Conditions We Help You Manage
These are the things people most often book us for.
Diabetes
Type 1 and type 2 — monitoring, medication reviews, feet and eye checks, and referral to the services that support them.
Blood pressure and cholesterol
Regular monitoring, medication adjustment, and the cardiovascular risk conversation that goes with both.
Asthma and lung conditions
Asthma, COPD and chronic cough — action plans, inhaler technique, spirometry referral and seasonal planning.
Heart conditions
Ongoing management alongside your cardiologist, medication reviews, and coordination after a hospital admission.
Arthritis and chronic pain
Pain that has outlasted the injury, joint conditions, and the movement plan that usually matters more than the script.
GP care plans
Chronic Disease Management plans and Team Care Arrangements, written properly and reviewed rather than filed.
Medication reviews
A full look at everything you take together — interactions, duplication, and whether it is all still needed.
Coordination
Specialists, allied health, imaging and hospital letters pulled into one plan instead of five separate ones.
In detail
What a GP Care Plan Covers
A long-term condition is rarely one problem. Diabetes brings feet, eyes, kidneys and heart risk with it; blood pressure brings medication side effects and cardiovascular risk. Managing it well means someone holding all of that at once rather than treating whichever part turned up today.
That is what a GP care plan is for. Not paperwork — a written agreement about what gets checked, how often, by whom, and what happens if a number moves in the wrong direction.
In detail
Starting Your Care Plan
A care plan that generates a referral you never use has achieved nothing. The most common failure is not the plan — it is the gap between writing it and anything happening.
How we work
GP and Exercise Physiology Together
Chronic conditions usually need more than a doctor, which is why the exercise physiologist works from the same plan and in the same building.
One building
Your doctor and your exercise physiologist are down the same corridor, so a plan does not stall on logistics.
One plan
The care plan and the exercise programme are the same document, not two that happen to mention each other.
One set of notes
Progress comes back to your GP, so your review starts from what actually happened rather than what was intended.
What happens
What happens at your appointment
A long appointment
Chronic conditions do not fit a standard slot. Ask reception for a long appointment when you book.
The full picture
Your doctor goes through every condition, every medication, and what has changed since last time.
A written plan
What gets checked, how often, and who else is involved — agreed with you, not handed to you.
Reviews that happen
A review date is set before you leave, and reception will remind you when it comes around.
Who you will see
Our doctors
Their qualifications, and what each of them focuses on.
General Practitioner
Dr Perry Lee
FRACGP, Dip. Dermoscopy · Skin cancer medicine, chronic disease management, men's health and aged care.
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Accredited Exercise Physiologist
Clyve Tan
BSc (Exercise & Sports Science), MClinExPhys, GCertSportsMed · ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Exercise Scientist · Helping you manage pain, recover from injury, and prepare for or recover after surgery.
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Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers to the practical details patients need before booking or visiting the practice.
It is a written plan your doctor prepares for a condition expected to last six months or more. It sets out what is being managed, what gets checked, and which other health professionals are involved, and it is reviewed regularly rather than written once.
More common questionsNo. A care plan is written by your own GP. Book a long appointment and say that is what you would like to discuss, and your doctor will go through whether one is appropriate for you.
More common questionsIt depends on the condition and how stable it is, and your doctor will set a review interval with you. The point of a review is to check what has actually changed, not to reprint the same document.
More common questionsYes. Clyve Tan is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist working from Thorpe Street Health, so a plan involving exercise physiology can be started in the same building rather than referred across town.
More common questionsEverything you take, including anything from the supermarket or chemist, plus your most recent test results, any specialist letters, and your home readings if you monitor blood pressure or blood sugar.
More common questionsYes, and that is the usual arrangement. Your specialist handles the specialist end and your GP holds the day-to-day management, the medications and the coordination between everyone involved.
More common questionsMost people with one long-term condition have another. A care plan can cover several at once, which is far better than managing each in isolation — the interactions between them are usually the important part.
More common questionsIt is worth booking. Conditions drift quietly, medications change, and guidelines move. A long appointment to reset the plan is more useful than a short one about a single symptom.
More common questionsBook an Appointment
Book online with a GP, or call reception for exercise physiology.
If we are closed
In an emergency call 000 or go to Rockingham General Hospital — the emergency department, open 24 hours. If you need a GP outside our hours, Get Better Doctors is our after-hours service.