Our team consists of GPs, Practice Liaisons, Medical Receptionists, and Practice Nurses. By combining our talents, abilities and skills, we aim to provide you with excellent, personalised, confidential, easily accessible care for yourself, your family and your business. Just tell us your needs and we will work as a team to ensure they are met.
Standard appointments with the Doctors and Nurses are 15 minutes long. It is usually only possible to deal with one problem in that time and it may be that the doctor will ask you to re-book. If you think you will need longer, please book a longer appointment which may incur an extra fee.
If you need extended time with our doctors please let the receptionist know. In the same way, if you need a procedure, such as an ECG, ear syringing, excision and so on, please let the receptionist know so that appropriate time can be booked to minimise your wait.
We have a wide range of services available to you on-site in our surgery including but not limited to:
- ACC accident and emergency care
- Aclasta infusion
- Advance Directives / Advance Care plan
- Antenatal care – free for the 1st trimester (first 13 weeks of pregnancy)
- Asthma Care
- Blood tests for example, for cholesterol, diabetes, thyroid, prostate …
- Diabetes Management
- Diving medical
- Driving medical
- Drug testing – Instant Urine Drug Screening and Breath Alcohol Testing
- ECG – heart check
- GP Appointments
- Insurance medical
- Influenza vaccinations
- Home visits for the infirmed, house bound and terminal by doctors or nurses
- IV therapy for the management of acute infection
- Liquid nitrogen therapy
- Pre-employment medicals
- Pregnancy tests
- Referral to asthma and diabetic outreach nurse for extra care and attention
- Sexual Health Clinic – contraceptive advice and care, free for under 18’s
- Sleep apnoea assessment
- Smoke cessation – with the same subsidy available as offered by Quitline
- Skin Checks
- Telephone Prescriptions (conditions apply)
- Travel Medicine including Yellow Fever Vaccination
- Well Men’s and Well Women’s Checks
- Workplace Health Checks
If you have a particular need for care and are wondering if we can provide it, please just call us. We help people in many different situations.
Nursing services
Our nurses perform many services, including:
- Blood pressure check up
- Blood sugar check up
- Certified ACC providers of care in accidents including suturing
- Certified immunisation providers – for childhood as well as influenza, pneumonia
- Certified smear takers
- Certified wound care providers
- Ear syringing for waxy blocked ears
- Eye sight testing
- Pregnancy tests
- Asthma, diabetic, cholesterol, hypertension, angina education and action plan formulation
- Life style education
- Sexual health advice and check ups
- Smoke cessation support
- Diabeties review
- Blood collection for blood tests such as cholesterol, INR
- ECG
- Liquid Nitrogen application for solar keratosis or minor skin conditions eg verucca/warts
Free services
We have a number of free services, including …
- Antenatal services
- Childhood immunisation programme
- Consultations for children under 14
- Extended care management for acute illness follow up
- Influenza immunisations for those over 65, or those with chronic illness
- Mammography organised for those aged 45-69
- Meningitis immunisation for children under school age and those under 20 who have left school
- Sexual health consultation for contraception/ health checks including pregnancy tests for under 18
- Shingles Vaccine
- Tetanus 45yr & 65 yr vaccine
Please note some of these services are only available free to patients who are enrolled with our practice.
A surcharge may apply for extra procedures, if a letter of referral is made or if extended time is required. We are more than happy to discuss this with you at the time of the consultation.
After hours
When we are closed our phones are diverted to Whakarongorau Aotearoa (formerly Homecare Medical) Nurse-Led Telephone Triage.
The Registered Nurse will be able to provide advice if you are feeling unwell and help you to access medical care if you require it. If you need to be seen by a doctor the registered nurses at HML will refer you to the appropriate service.
We hope that this extension to our service will provide improved support and access to the best care during the times we are unable to provide it to you ourselves.
If you have any questions or would like to know more please call us on 03 323 6789. As always we welcome your feedback so please do not hesitate to inform us of your experiences with this service.
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Practice Plus are available 8 am – 10 pm Mon – Fri and 8 am – 8 pm on Weekends and Public Holidays.