Support your long-term wellbeing with personalised longevity health solutions designed to promote vitality, resilience, and healthy ageing.
Book NowAt Next Practice Newstead, our longevity and metabolic health program represents a new kind of approach to preventive care - one that goes beyond treating illness and focuses on optimising how you feel, how you function, and how well you age. Delivered by our experienced GPs from our Wickham Street clinic in Fortitude Valley, this service is for patients who want to take a genuinely proactive and informed approach to their long-term health.
We welcome patients from Newstead, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane CBD, New Farm, Teneriffe, Bowen Hills, Spring Hill, Hamilton, Albion, Herston, Newmarket, South Brisbane, the Gabba, and the broader Brisbane inner-city community, with free on-site parking available.
Longevity medicine is not about quick fixes or short-term results. It is about understanding your body at a deeper level, identifying risks early, and building sustainable, evidence-based health strategies that support your vitality and wellbeing for decades to come. Our GPs take a comprehensive, whole-person approach to longevity health - integrating metabolic assessment, lifestyle medicine, and personalised health programming into a coherent long-term plan that is uniquely yours.
Metabolic health is one of the most important and most overlooked foundations of long-term wellbeing. Poor metabolic health is closely associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, hormonal imbalance, cognitive decline, and a range of other serious long-term conditions - many of which develop silently over years before becoming apparent.
At Next Practice Newstead, our GPs conduct thorough metabolic health assessments to build a clear picture of how your metabolism is functioning. This includes assessment of blood glucose and insulin sensitivity, cholesterol and lipid profiles, blood pressure and cardiovascular risk markers, liver health, inflammatory markers, and hormonal health. From there, we work with you to develop a targeted, evidence-based plan to optimise your metabolic health and reduce your long-term risk - through a combination of lifestyle intervention, nutritional guidance, medical management where appropriate, and ongoing monitoring.
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most powerful things you can do for your long-term health, yet it is also one of the most challenging - and one of the most misunderstood. At Next Practice Newstead, we approach weight management with the clinical depth, sensitivity, and personalised care it deserves.
Our GPs understand that weight is influenced by a complex interaction of metabolic, hormonal, psychological, lifestyle, and genetic factors. We do not offer a one-size-fits-all approach, and we do not reduce weight management to a simple matter of willpower. Instead, we conduct a thorough assessment of the individual factors influencing your weight, identify any underlying contributors such as insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction, or hormonal imbalance, and build a structured, holistic program tailored to your specific circumstances and goals.
Dr Wesley Chan leads our weight management services at Next Practice Newstead, bringing a particular clinical interest and a genuinely holistic approach to supporting patients through their weight management journey. Dr Chan understands that lasting change requires addressing the full picture - not just what you eat or how much you exercise, but the barriers, the patterns, and the individual health factors that make sustainable weight management unique to each person. Dr Chan consults in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Our weight management support may incorporate nutritional assessment and evidence-based dietary guidance, physical activity advice tailored to your health status and goals, metabolic and hormonal assessment and management, behavioural and lifestyle coaching, medical management options where clinically appropriate and in line with current evidence, and referrals to dietitians, exercise physiologists, or other allied health practitioners where beneficial.
Hormonal imbalances can have a profound and wide-ranging impact on how you feel day to day - affecting your energy, mood, sleep, weight, libido, cognitive function, and overall sense of vitality. Our GPs are experienced in assessing and managing hormonal health concerns for both men and women, including low testosterone, thyroid disorders, adrenal health, and the hormonal changes associated with perimenopause and menopause.
We take a thorough, evidence-based approach to hormonal assessment, using comprehensive testing to build an accurate picture of your hormonal profile before developing a personalised management plan.
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in Australia, yet many of the key risk factors are modifiable with the right support and early intervention. Our GPs take a proactive approach to cardiovascular health, conducting thorough risk assessments and working with patients to reduce their long-term risk through lifestyle intervention, evidence-based medical management, and regular monitoring.
Cardiovascular risk assessment at Next Practice Newstead includes evaluation of blood pressure, cholesterol and lipid profiles, blood glucose, family history, lifestyle factors, and other relevant markers - providing a comprehensive picture of your current cardiovascular health and a clear plan for managing your risk going forward.
At the heart of our longevity health service is the belief that the most effective health care is deeply personalised. Every longevity health program at Next Practice Newstead begins with a comprehensive assessment covering your medical history, current health status, metabolic profile, lifestyle factors, and long-term goals. From there, your GP designs a structured, evidence-based health program tailored specifically to you - one that integrates preventive care, metabolic optimisation, lifestyle medicine, and ongoing monitoring into a coherent, proactive plan for your long-term health.
Your program is reviewed and refined regularly as your health evolves, ensuring your care always reflects where you are and where you want to be. We are committed to being a consistent, informed, and invested partner in your health for the long term.
Lifestyle factors - including nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and alcohol consumption - are among the most powerful determinants of long-term health and longevity. Our GPs provide evidence-based lifestyle medicine guidance as an integral part of every longevity health program, helping you make meaningful, sustainable changes that support your health goals without rigid or unrealistic prescriptions.
We meet you where you are, understand your life as it actually is, and build lifestyle recommendations that are practical, achievable, and genuinely effective.
Our longevity and metabolic health services are relevant to a wide range of patients. You may benefit from this service if you are interested in taking a proactive, comprehensive approach to your long-term health and longevity, if you have been told you have risk factors for metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease, or type 2 diabetes, if you are experiencing unexplained fatigue, weight changes, hormonal symptoms, or a general sense that your health is not where it should be, if you are navigating the health changes associated with midlife, perimenopause, or menopause, if you are managing your weight and would like a thorough, personalised, and medically informed approach, or if you simply want to feel better, function better, and age well.
New and existing patients are always welcome. To book a longevity health, metabolic health, or weight management consultation, or to speak with one of our Patient Advocates about the right program for your individual needs, book online or contact Next Practice Newstead today.
Conveniently located on Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, with free on-site parking - accessible from Newstead, Brisbane CBD, New Farm, Teneriffe, Bowen Hills, Spring Hill, Herston, Albion, Hamilton, Newmarket, South Brisbane, and the Gabba.
