Tanya Forster - CEO

Tanya is the CEO of Macquarie Health Collective and Macquarie Valley Family Practice. Tanya is a Psychologist, a Central West local, and a farmer’s wife, raising a family on the land in Regional NSW.

As a local girl, innovative and collaborative healthcare for regional communities has long been a dream for Tanya, which led to her establishing the Collective in 2016.

Having worked in a number of settings in both the private and public health industries, Tanya observed that even when services had the best of intentions, they were generally not working collaboratively, and this had an impact on overall patient care and outcomes. As a result of this, Tanya opened her own private practice that aimed to improve both the physical and mental health of patients, using an evidence-based, multi-disciplinary “collective” approach. Rather than specialists simply working alongside each other or in isolation, the team at Macquarie Health Collective work collectively to ensure we can support you in achieving your health goals.

Macquarie Health Collective is an innovative health care practice that services not only Dubbo but communities across regional NSW. Our practice uses a combination of telehealth and face-to-face services to ensure all of your healthcare needs can be met, no matter your location.

Tanya hopes to continue expanding on the range of services we have available to the community, so that access to good quality healthcare no longer needs to be a barrier for regional NSW.

Outside of work, Tanya enjoys getting outdoors, going for a run, or getting lost in a good book.