About Our Practice

What We Do & Who We Are

What We Do

We're a General Practice of traditional family doctors.

We aim to provide comprehensive health  care for patients and their families, and  a continuous realtionship with the same GP.
The practice was established at its current site in 2008 in brand new premises custom designed for efficient and effective medical services with 4 dedicated Doctor consulting rooms and 3 procedure rooms. We practice traditional  “cradle to the grave” medicine  -  from childhood immunization to palliative care, and everything in between -  with a focus on whole patient care and whole patient outcomes.

Bayswater Family Practice is fully and unconditionally accredited through AGPAL with the current RACGP Standards for General Practice. All the Doctors in this practice have satisfied the training requirements of the RACGP and are registered as Specialist General Practitioners with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority (AHPRA).

BFP shares the waiting room and car park with a separate physiotherapy business called Health First..  BFP is situated within the major health precinct of Hervey Bay – Hervey Bay Hospital 100m, University of Qld Rural Clinical School 200m, St Stephens Private Hospital 300m, and other multiple Medical Specialist rooms within 500m. Adjacent to BFP is the Opthalmology practice Eyes Wide Bay.

Our Services

Immunization

All childhood immunizations and  notifications to the Australian Immunization Register, as well as adult and overseas travel vaccinations.

Acute Care

Same day appointments for urgent medical problems including treatment of acute illness, skin lacerations and simple fractures.

Preventative Medicine

Health promotion and a recall register for recommended cancer screening and  scheduled health checks.

Chronic Disease Management

Diabetes, Arthritis, Chronic Pain, Heart disease, COPD, neurological diseases, etc.

Skin Cancer

Skin cancer diagnosis and treatments including biopsy, Liquid Nitrogen , Electrotherapy, excisions and small plastic surgery procedures

Palliative Care

Including home visits and collaboration with the home nursing  and palliative care services.

Aged Care Facility Visits

The GPs at Bayswater Family Practice attend many of the Hervey Bay Residential Aged Care facilities.

Infusions

All the GPs at Bayswater can perform infusions such as Iron infusions and Aclasta infusions, when clinically appropriate.

Women's Health

Contraception advice, and long acting contraceptions. All GPs can insert Implanons and perform Depot Provera injections. Dr Anu Panjugula can insert Mirena IUDs. Menopause management, including lifetyle and hormone replacement therapy. Preconception counselling, GP antenatal care. Common gynaecology challenges - Incontinence, pelvic pain, abnormal or painful periods, and much more. All GPs perform Cervical Smear tests (previously called "Pap Smears").

Who We Are

The Doctors

Dr Nathan Dickenson FRACGP  graduated from the University of QLD in 2013, completing his GP registrar training in Childers and Hervey Bay in 2018.  He joined BFP full time in  2022 and is now the Practice Principal. He is enthusiastic about all aspects of family general practice. Nathan has an interest in skin medicine and performs a dedicated Skin check and Skin cancer excision list on Wednesdays. He visits Fairhaven Nursing Home weekly.

Dr Sunita Pusapati MD, DCH and FRACGP graduated from the Odessa National Medical University in 2001. With over 20 years experience as a doctor , Dr. Pusapati undertook further training at the Westmead Children’s Hospital to obtain a Diploma in Child Health through the University of Sydney in 2010 while working in emergency and other disciplines at several hospitals across NSW Health. She first joined the team at BFP over 9 years ago, and completed her GP training in Hervey Bay in 2018. She enjoys all aspects of General Practice, and has special interest in child health and women’s health. She is also passionate about health promotion in the elderly, improving their quality of life. She enjoys gardening and grows organic veggies in her spare time and loves spending time with her family. 

Dr Anu Panjugula FRACGP joined the practice in January 2021, She comes with 11 years of experience as a Doctor and completed her training as a registrar at BFP and continues as a Fellow of the RACGP at the practice since 2022. She is enthusiastic  about all aspects of family general practice including, child health, skin cancer surgery and  aged care home visits. Dr Anu has performed additional training in women's health, and can perform Mirena IUD insertions for contraception.

Dr Sharna Bennett FRACGP graduated from University of Newcastle / University of New England in 2015. She completed her registrar training at BFP in 2021 and continues as Fellow of the RACGP since 2022. She is enthusiastic  about all aspects of family general practice. She also works in the local public hospital, as a consultant in the "Hospital in The Home" team.

Dr Amol Fuladi joined the practice in July 2024. Currently a Registrar with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, he comes with an experience of more than 25 years as a doctor. He has always enjoyed the breadth of medicine and is passionate about providing comprehensive, holistic and high quality care to patients. His keen interests are respiratory medicine and mental health.

Dr Joshua Faint, MD, ACEM EMC, RANZCOG CWH, SCCA Cert of Dermoscopy
Joshua Faint graduated in 2019 from Griffith University. He moved up to Hervey Bay to begin work at Hervey Bay Hospital in 2020. He is married and loves being a husband and father to his three kids. His passions in medicine are women’s health, emergency medicine and skin cancer. Outside of being a GP he works directing a local youth group and loves music, sports and reading.

Dr Paul Neeskens retired in 2025 and is no longer seeing patients in clinic. He was a full time GP in Hervey Bay since 1987, and in 2008 he established BFP. He teaches University of QLD Medical Students  and supervises regional GP Registrars on the GP training program. Dr Neeskens enjoyed all aspects of family general practice including skin procedures and palliative care, and is committed to evidence based medicine. In 2014 he was awarded  a Masters in Clincial Epidemiology by the University of QLD. He relaxes by riding his bicycle.

The Practice Team

“Sisters” Rosemary and Yasmin  are Registered Nurses, and Skye is our Enrolled Nurse. They bring with them a wealth of nursing experience from General Practice and prior hospital work.  They assist the Doctors with minor operations and procedures and are always available to assist with advice and information.

Mel is our Practice Manager. Noeleen, Pam, Hayley & Cassie are the reception staff.  They will assist with all of your enquiries and handle all appointments, accounts including  Medicare, DVA and Workcover requirements.