Travel Health Advice

Another service offered to you at your GP surgery (primary care practice) is advice and immunisation before you go to another country. While you are likely to have the immunisations needed to live in New Zealand, there may be other injections you need to protect yourself before going for example to Africa or South America. In some places you will need protection from rabies or malaria. Yellow fever vaccinations are only available at approved centres; please click here to view the centres in New Zealand. Your doctor will be able to tell you what diseases you will need to be protected from in any named country and advise you on other medical matters. 

This is booked in and mostly available only at the Wellsford Medical Centre by appointment with nursing staff. Travel Vaccinations:

Advice is provided at all of our clinics and can be accessed via travel websites.

Stock is held centrally at Wellsford and most available immediately. This is due to storage  and ensuring they are kept at the required coldness with generator back up power supply. 

A doctor's appointment will need to be made prior to having these prescribed and then they will be administered by our trained vaccinator nursing staff. A wait time of 20 minutes is required after the vaccination.

Usual Immunisation Schedule vaccines can be completed at all clinics, provided they are ordered and paid for prior to delivery as they are not able to be returned under our cold chain process to ensure they are safe and reliable.

Covid 19 Boosters are available at 72 School Road Wellsford and subject to limited days. Please check availability via the BOOK MY VACCINE WEBSITE and book your vaccine, both to check we are open, and if we cannot open will call you and advise. Please do not call the practices for opening days  as these may change from day to day.

Waipu Medical Centre also has Covid vaccination dates, usually Wednesday but also subject to change. Please book on line or call the Waipu practice to book a time.