Our GP practice has team members who work alongside your doctor and nurses to provide you with a range of mental wellbeing supports and tools. These team members may include Health Improvement Practitioners (HIPs), Health Coaches and Support Workers.

View the following link for more information about wellbeing support in general practice and the national Access & Choice programme.

• Pregnancy vaccinations
• Childhood immunisation programme
• 45 year old vaccinations
• Adult flu vaccine
• 65 year old vaccinations
• Child flu vaccine
• Diphtheria / Tetanus / Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
• Measles / Mumps / Rubella (MMR) vaccine
• Meningococcal vaccine
• Shingles vaccine
• Travel vaccinations
• Catch-up missed vaccinations
• COVID-19 vaccination and boosters
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine
• Privately funded vaccinations

Immunisation is the safest and most effective way to provide protection for you and your tamariki’s health. For more information view the NZ immunisation schedule.

Your GP's surgery is far more than a place to go when you are feeling unwell and needing a quick cure. The doctor who sees you has gone through an extensive medical training to equip her or him to help children and adults of all ages with a range of physical and emotional difficulties. GPs are at the centre of the healthcare hub and will be aware of services and expertise that are available locally and further-a-field. GPs are also aware of the link that stress and unhappy life events have on physical health so know when to suggest a talking therapy rather than medication.

• Cervical screening

Health screening tests check for health conditions or early warning signs of disease.

Primary care practices offer a range of services and are able to deal with most minor accident care. If they are not able to deal with an injury they will refer on to the appropriate service.

Minor surgery is commonly provided in primary care practices, providing fast, competent removal and biopsies of skin lesions. Other services include cosmetic work such as removal of benign moles and skin tags. Ingrown toenail surgery is also commonly provided. 
These conditions do not need to be referred to a hospital, perhaps saving you a long wait or a cancelled appointment when a more serious case takes priority.

Each GP surgery or primary care practice will have its own procedure for repeat prescribing but the following rules are common to most, if not all. Patients who are well-known to the practice who have a stable condition like asthma, hypertension or diabetes could be allowed to get a repeat prescription for up to six months. Repeat prescriptions are never given to patients who are not known to the practice and there is probably a blanket ban on repeats for narcotics and other drugs that could be misused as doctors are expected to monitor these drugs carefully.

Sometimes your doctor needs to take a sample of blood or urine either to discover what is wrong with you or to measure something in your blood so that the right medication is given to you. These tests could be anything from blood sugar to a full blood count or a sample of tissue to test for cancer.

While urine can generally be tested in the surgery, blood and other specimens are usually sent away for testing at a laboratory. Most results come back within 48 hours unless a very rare test is needed which has to go to a specialist lab further away when it might take a little longer.

Liquid nitrogen is a fast, effective treatment provided in many practices to treat viral warts, sun damaged skin, skin tags and many benign cosmetic lesions. It comes in a container with a nozzle and is usually applied by swab or spray. Often one treatment is all that is needed but sometimes it may need repeating after two weeks.
Because it cannot be stored for too long, you will often find that your GP will treat a number of patients one after the other. 

For more information click here.

LARC methods are very effective at preventing unplanned pregnancy and are “fit and forget” forms of contraception – you don’t need to remember them every day or every month. LARC methods:

• Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUCD or IUD) are inserted through the cervix into a woman’s uterus. IUCDs may be either hormonal (Mirena^® or Jaydess^{® )} or non-hormonal (copper IUCD).
• Jadelle^® is a hormone-releasing implant that is inserted just under the skin of the upper arm.

Depending on the type of device, it will need to be changed after between three and ten years.

Read more about LARC methods here

All women and people with a cervix aged 25 – 69 who have ever had intimate skin-to-skin contact or been sexually active should have regular cervical screening. This includes women who have been immunised against HPV. Together, regular screening and HPV immunisation provide the best protection against cervical cancer.

There are now more options for how you have cervical screening done:

• a simple vaginal swab test for HPV, either done yourself or with help from a healthcare professional
• a cervical sample taken by a healthcare professional (used to be known as a smear test).

Talk with your healthcare provider to decide which option is best for you.

If HPV is found, you may need to have a follow-up test or be referred directly for colposcopy.

If you’ve not yet had HPV testing, you should be screened 3 years after your last test (or 1 year if immune deficient). Once you have had an HPV test, and providing HPV is not found, your next screening will be in 5 years (or 3 years if immune deficient).

For more information: Cervical screening | Time to Screen - National Screening Unit

An ECG is a recording of your heart's electrical activity. Electrode patches are attached to your skin to measure the electrical impulses given off by your heart. The result is a trace that can be read by a doctor. It can give information of previous heart attacks or problems with the heart rhythm.

Spirometry is a tool that measures how effectively your lungs are working. It can show how much air lungs are able to hold (their volume) and how much air can be breathed in and out (inhaled and exhaled) which is called flow. It can be used to diagnose problems of breathing and monitor the usefulness of treatment. The test involves taking a deep breath in and blowing out as hard as you can into a hollow tube attached to a spirometer machine. You will be asked to do the test several times. The whole process takes 15 - 30 minutes depending on whether you are given some inhaled medicine and asked to do it again to monitor if there is an improvement. Read more about Spirometry on the Healthify website

Peak flow meter This is a small hand-held tube that can measure what is happening in your breathing tubes. You can have one at home and measure your peak flow by blowing into it as hard and fast as possible. You will be shown how to measure it and compare it with what you can blow when you are well as part of your asthma management plan if you think you are having an asthma attack. For more information view on the Healthify website

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. 

A patient portal is a secure online tool provided by GP practices that can allow convenient access to your health information as well as interaction with the practice e.g. booking appointments and requesting repeat prescriptions.

Our patient portal is Manage My Health:

Registered patients can use the link below to view lab results, send confidential messages to their provider, book appointments, and request repeat prescriptions.

https://app.managemyhealth.co.nz/er/HHGS

Applicants for New Zealand visas may be required to provide medical and chest x-ray certificates to demonstrate an acceptable standard of health. Immigration New Zealand uses eMedical, an online platform for processing immigration health examinations. The examining doctor records the applicant’s health examination results in eMedical then electronically submits them to Immigration New Zealand where they are associated with the applicant’s visa application once it is submitted. Only doctors who have been approved by Immigration NZ are able to conduct the medical examinations. The immigration officer who assesses the applicant’s visa application will determine whether they have an acceptable standard of health. Visa applicants requiring an immigration medical examination must make an appointment with an eMedical enabled clinic on Immigration New Zealand’s approved list.

Immigration Medicals in Papatoetoe, Auckland

At Health & Happiness we specialise in providing comprehensive immigration medical examinations for individuals applying for visas to New Zealand. Our experienced medical team ensures that your immigration medical needs are met efficiently and with care.

Services & Pricing

By Appointment Only. Please fill in our online Jotform Immigration Booking Form

If you do not speak English, please bring an interpreter with you to your appointments.

A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to secure your booking.

For female clients who are menstruating, we kindly ask that you reschedule your appointment. Due to the urine sample component of the medical examination, we are unable to proceed during this time.

Important Information:

The above fees include referrals only for testing (Bloods and Chest Xray)- we do not conduct the physical tests on site.

Blood test and Radiology fees are separate and must be paid at Awanui Lab or the Radiology practice you attend.

Children 10 and younger do not require a chest Xray.

Richa is our Diabetes Nurse Specialist and RN Designated Prescriber. She works closely alongside our pharmacist Nat to provide comprehensive and personalised support for patients managing diabetes.

Together, they ensure you fully understand your medications, including correct dosages, timing, and how they fit into your overall treatment plan. Their collaborative approach empowers you to take control of your health with confidence, helping you feel informed, supported, and in charge of your diabetes management.

Her services include but are not limited to:

• Education sessions for you (and your family if required)
• Annual Diabetes Consultations (foot checks, medication queries/concerns, monitoring etc.)

Introducing the Health and Happiness (H&H) service, led by Dr Peter Cameron, with 30 years industrial medicine experience and well recognised in the industrial field. With a commitment to delivering great service to your business, H&H takes the stress of industrial medicals off your plate by providing timely and efficient services.

Dr Cameron and his team believe that investing in employees’ health and wellbeing is a business decision that leads to a more engaged, productive, and satisfied workforce. We carry out pre-employment and periodic medicals for meeting medical standards. We oversee rehabilitation from accident and injury through in person consultations and urgent on the day telehealth consultations.

Our Services:

• Pre-empoyment RMO medicals
• Pre-employment Nurse-led medicals
• Periodic/Annual Medicals
• Drug and Alcohol Testing
• Audiogram
• Spirometry Testing
• Lantern Tests
  
   
• ECG's
• Work Injury Reviews
• ACC or Medical Reviews (non work related)
• Second Opinions
• Vaccines (e.g. Hep A, Hep B, Polio etc.)
• Telehealth consultations
• Medical Retirement Reviews

For further information feel free to email our medicals team at : medicals@yourhealthcentre.co.nz or check out our website Medicals at Health and Happiness  fo further information.