Hector Sanderson Rd, Great Barrier Island, Auckland
Contact Details
Phone (09) 429 0356 Email admin@aoteahealth.co.nz
Street Address
80 Hector Sanderson Road Great Barrier Island Auckland 0991
Postal Address
RD 1 Claris Great Barrier Island 0991
Nurses Cottage, 2077 Aotea Rd, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island, Auckland
Contact Details
Phone (09) 429 0047 Email admin@aoteahealth.co.nz
Providing services in the North of the Island
Street Address
2077 Aotea Road Great Barrier Island Auckland 0991
Postal Address
RD 1 Claris Great Barrier Island 0991
Covid-19 testing
Designated GP Practice
We are a designated COVID-19 testing practice. You do not need to be an enrolled patient to get a test. Please call the practice for more information.
We provide a 24 hr service. For urgent COVID-19 testing, please phone first for an appointment.
Description
Kia ora and welcome to Aotea Health.
As the sole contracted healthcare provider for residents and visitors to Aotea Great Barrier Island (and surrounding islands) we offer the full range of primary healthcare services, from antenatal care to palliative care. This includes general practice services.
Over and above the usual general practice services we also offer:
covid-19 swabbing
resuscitation and stabilisation
diagnostic limb x-rays
plaster and cast services for non-operative fracture management
minor operative facilities for local anaesthetic procedures
medical laboratory collection
24 hour afterhours on-call doctor and nursing emergency services.
We are members of the community in which we work. As a team we are committed to providing high-quality care based on a partnership model of working with, rather than for, the community and individual patients. The team consists of: midwives (LMC), rural nurses (covering community, mental health, district, public health, Plunket and practice nursing), awhi ora and health coaches, a health improvement practitioner, general practitioners (GPs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and our administrators.
Atawhaihia Manaakihia Mo Ake Tonu (to care always).
Emergency Notification
Please note you are able to phone the practice on weekends and public holidays for urgent appointments.
For a life-threatening Emergency Phone 111
For urgent 24/7 after hours care please phone:
Central and Southern Great Barrier Island (09) 429 0356
Northern Great Barrier Island (09) 429 0047
Staff
Clinical Staff:
Lead Clinician Tania Kemp: Nurse Practitioner
Dr John North: General Practitioner
Leonie Howie: Clinical Manager
Adele Robertson: Rural Nurse Specialist
Denise Staples: Rural Nurse Specialist
Michelle Benson: Rural Nurse
Jenny Smith-Rosser: Rural Nurse / Health Improvement Practitioner
Different charges apply for casual and non enrolled patients and for other services.
Hours
Mon – Fri
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: we are open for URGENT health care only, not general appointments
If you have an EMERGENCY, Call 111
After hours:We partner with Ka Ora Telecare to provide after-hours health care triaging and appointments, as well as same day virtual GP appointments for our enrolled patients, as an extension of our regular medical centre team.
Ka Ora is available weekdays from 5pm to 8am and 24/7 weekends/public holidays.
Click here to find out more and to register/book an appointment or call Ka Ora on 0800 252 672.
Remember: If you have an EMERGENCY, Call 111
Ringing the Health Centre outside normal hours will automatically take you to the Ka Ora Helpline
For urgent health care, 24 hours a day please phone:
Central and Southern Island (09) 429 0356
Northern Island (09) 429 0047
Be safe out there and have a very merry Christmas.
Public Holidays: Closed Good Friday (29 Mar), Easter Sunday (31 Mar), Easter Monday (1 Apr), ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (3 Jun), Matariki (28 Jun), Labour Day (28 Oct), Auckland Anniversary (27 Jan), Waitangi Day (6 Feb).
Languages Spoken
English
Services Provided
Immunisation
COVID-19 Vaccination
Minor Surgery
Repeat Prescriptions
Lab Results
Liquid Nitrogen
Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
Cervical Screening
ECG
Spirometry
Travel Advice / Immunisations
Well Child/Tamariki Ora Health Checks – Birth to Three Years