Fifteen years ago, Dr Stephen Hampton left his thriving GP practice because he was missing what he calls the “bigger picture stuff”.

His early career had involved working in Alice Springs as a GP registrar, in the remote Tennant Creek as a district medical officer, and undertaking a master’s degree in public health.  

“I always liked that combination of public health, working with vulnerable groups, and clinical work, so I took a job at Justice Health NSW,” Dr Hampton says. 

Within six weeks he had stepped up to clinical director of primary health and women’s health, while still working as a GP in custodial settings, and then in 2012 he became the organisation’s executive medical director.