We are a family centred surgery where you only see your own GP and where everyone knows your name. We offer a full range of general practice services to you and your family.
We welcome Dr Chris Paltridge to our team. This will allow us to be open five days of the week and he brings expertise in skin assessment and surgery. An enrolment form is included further down on this page.
Consultations are by appointment. Our standard consultation time is 15 minutes - this will vary to give you the time you need.
Te Whatu Ora have announced pharmacies can now vaccinate children. We believe this is a retrograde step for our children as these visits allow valuable contact with our nurse and doctor and help sustain the practice financially.
Its time for FLUVAX - available from April 2026. Shringrix for 65 yr olds. We will offer Pneumovax vaccines to people with chronic respiratory diseases. This vaccine is free only in a very limited number of circumstances.
For our younger people HPV vaccine reduces the risk of serious consequences of human papilloma virus infection. This is free under 26yrs and should be completed if this has not already been done.
Contact our nurses for help with all immunisation questions.
Our Fees - Rationale
We welcome all of our patients and will continue to charge our usual fees and provide our usual services. We currently still charge a fee for children 6-14yrs .
From December 1 2018 the Government announced that practices would charge Community Card Holders $19.50 for a consultation and that children under 14yrs will be free (this does not change funding for non-Community Card holders). The subsidies that they provide for these services match do not cover our expenses and has resulted in our current GP services. We have not accepted these subsidies and charge patients our reasonable fees with small reductions only for card holders to remain financially viable.
We regret that if you are a Community Card Holder that you might have to accept an apparently cheaper service from another provider as we believe that the doctor/patient relationship is the core of General Practice.
Prescriptions
Dr Hunter will recommend the most appropriate medicines to treat your conditions. If you have a question about your medication please consult with your doctor who will be happy to discuss this based on scientific knowledge and 35yrs experience.
COVID
Omicron is a mild viral illness well tolerated by the vast majority of patients by age and disease status. We encourage mask wearing for all respiratory ilnesses to help keep our staff well and available.
Email and Cell Phone Contact
We rely on these contact methods for speed and efficiency. Please make sure that these details are up to date with our receptionist.
Cellphone: 021 0223 6775 this is monitored through the day and provides a convenient method of contact. Text messages for this number are no longer monitored.
Our Nurse email:
Informed Consent: is essential in Medicine and this applies to PHO (Comprehensive Care) and Te Whatu Ora - if you wish your entire record shared with Datacraft (a private company) and the PHO (who pay us) please come in and sign a document to that effect.
Privacy Statement:
By accepting health care services from us, you agree we can collect information about you from other agencies for the purpose of maintaining an up-to-date health record and providing safe and quality primary health care. This may include:
From other health providers and shared health records:
- Receipt of laboratory, radiology or other results
- Accessing authorised national or regional health information systems [Could include region specific ESCR] to support your care by checking your medical history, laboratory or radiology results and current prescribing
- Receipt of correspondence from hospitals, emergency departments, after-hours providers, specialist services, allied health providers or other secondary and community care providers – including discharge summaries, outpatient or specialist letters
- Proactively contacting a hospital or specialist service to follow up on a referral or seek advice or an update on your care, where that contact results in information about you being shared with us
- Receipt of letters from screening programmes (such as bowel, breast or cervical screening), including results, or notifications regarding attendance or non-attendance
From non-health agencies and organisations
- Contact from or correspondence with Police, legal representatives, Oranga Tamariki, insurance companies, Ministry of Social Development (Work and Income New Zealand) and the Accident Compensation Corporation
- Receipt of correspondence from employers, regarding, for example, fitness to work
- Information from the New Zealand Police regarding firearms licences
Complaints
If concerns are raised about the care or services we provide, we may disclose relevant health information to our regulators, insurers, indemnity providers, or legal advisers for the purpose of managing and responding to the concerns.
Your rights of access and correction
Under rules 6 and 7 of the Health Information Privacy Code, you have the right to request access to the health information this practice holds about you, and request correction of that information, if you believe it to be inaccurate.
