Doctors, Nurse Practitioner, Nurses & Health Practitioners
- Advanced care planning
- Blood tests as requested by your doctor
- Cervical smears
- Dietician service
- Dressings and wound care
- Ear suctioning
- ECG's
- Health checks
- Health coaching
- Health screening, eg diabetes
- Heart failure careplan
- Immunisations and travel vaccines
- Injuries and ACC issues
- Insurance Medicals
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Medical appointments
(including specific concerns related to child, female and male health) - Medication review
- Minor skin lesion treatment (dry ice), as prescribed by doctor
- Minor surgical appointments
- Nursing procedures
- Plunket nurse
- Punch biopsies
- Pregnancy tests
- Psychological help
- Referrals for specialist appointments, major surgical procedures, etc
- Repeat prescriptions
- Skin Checks
- Smoking cessation advice and follow up
- Spirometry
- Venesection
- WINZ forms
- Women's health, including insertion of Mirena IUCD and performing pipelle biopsies
Immunisations
Routine vaccinations for children are free. They are usually given by the Practice Nurse between 9.00-12.00am. There is a Ministry of Health requirement for all those who have received a vaccination to wait for 20 minutes. Please bring children’s Plunket books so that they can be kept up to date. Please contact the Practice Nurse if you have any immunisation concerns or queries.
We also have information about travel vaccinations and medication for those travelling to other countries. It is necessary to check up on health safety requirements well in advance of travel and we are pleased to offer a comprehensive travel consultation package. Our Receptionists are able to provide you with further information.
Lab tests
Blood tests and other laboratory tests are usually taken prior to midday in order to be ready for the courier. It is usual for abnormal test results only to be phoned to patients, although normal test results may be sent by txt (if you have indicated that you are willing to have your mobile used for txt messages). If you wish to check your results, please phone the practice nurse. You can also easily check your lab tests at any time by using our patient portal, Well. Please check with the receptionist if you wish to have access to Well.
Recalls
Our records are able to let us know when recalls are due for various preventative health measures such as immunisations, cervical smears and free diabetes checks. We aim to let you know by either mail, phone or txt when a recall is due, but if you think that you are due for one please make us aware in case our records are incomplete, especially if you have changed your phone number or address, or if the results have not been forwarded to Mapua Health Centre.
Repeat prescriptions
Prescriptions are ideally requested through our patient portal Well but can also be requested by phone or at reception. All repeat prescriptions take 48 hours to arrange (fees apply – see Fees page). As part of Best Practice and Cornerstone standards all patients who have regular prescriptions are required to have a medical review at least once/year, and certain conditions may need more frequent reviews prior to receiving a prescription.
Equipment
We have some items of equipment for loan in the community. These items include, a nebuliser, education videos and crutches. A small fee is charged to cover the cost of repairs and maintenance.