For doctors & medical specialists
Private financial counsel for medical specialists building a life in Australia.
Structure, tax, and wealth strategy for first-generation specialists moving from public practice to private rooms.
Who this page is for
- Specialists moving public → private (or early private)
- VMOs and staff specialists with rising complexity
- First-generation migrant medical professionals in Australia
- High income, little spare time; advice coordinated with accountant and lawyer
The journey we see with specialists
Training done. Public lists. Strong group certificate income.
Fellowship complete. Hospital reputation. Family and a life in Australia already underway.
Rooms, associateship, or a fuller private load.
Billing, tax, and risk will not look like PAYG anymore.
Entities, instalments, cashflow gaps, undersized cover.
Little time between lists. Colleagues each did it differently.
Fit conversation, then strategy-led discovery.
Henwood designs structure around how specialists actually earn and live, with your accountant and lawyer where needed.
A plan you can live inside.
Surplus with a job. Investments with purpose. Cover that matches obligations. Structure that survives busy seasons.
How engagement works
Fit conversation
About 5-15 minutes. Complexity, timing, geography, advice fit.
Discovery
Strategy-led. Useful information up front, not admin theatre.
Engagement
Clear scope, terms, and next steps before work begins.
Advice
Plan, present, implement at a pace quality can carry.
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If you are planning a move into private practice, or your structure has not kept up with your income.
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