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The Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme
Community Health Service
Description
The Well Child programme is a package of universal health services offered free to all New Zealand families/whānau for children from birth to 5 years. The programme includes 12 core contacts as well as a general practitioner check at 6 weeks, linked to the 6-week immunisations.
The early years of life set the foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. The Well Child services help families/whānau to improve and protect their children’s health. They also serve as an important gateway to targeted and specialist health, education and social services for children and families/whānau with additional needs.
The Well Child services aim to:
- provide you with the knowledge and skills to respond to your child’s needs at the different stages of their development
- provide reassurance that your child is developing normally, through growth and development assessments
- inform you about, and provide immunisation
- support and help you to identify your needs as a parent, and link you with community and other services.
Who does Well Child checks?
Well Child services are provided by a number of people. These include:
- Lead maternity carers (LMCs — includes midwives, obstetricians and general practitioners)
- Registered nurses
- Nurse practitioners
- General practitioners
- Paediatricians
- Community health workers, Karitane and Kaiāwhina
- Vision and hearing technicians (VHTs)
- Newborn hearing screeners
- Authorised vaccinators.
Ages
Child / Tamariki, Adult / Pakeke
How do I access this service?
Contact us, Make an appointment, Referral
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Fees and Charges Description
No fees apply
Services Provided
Region
Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Central Auckland, Central Lakes, East Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Hutt, Lakes, MidCentral, Nelson Marlborough, North Auckland, Northland, Dunedin - South Otago, South Auckland, South Canterbury, Southland, Tairāwhiti, Taranaki, Waikato, Wairarapa, Waitaki, Wellington, West Auckland, West Coast, Whanganui
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Contact Details
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This page was last updated at 4:15PM on November 19, 2019.