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Our Doctors offer information and advice, dealing with a variety of concerns for women, starting from the early teenage years through to adulthood, including pregnancy, menopause, post­menopause, and beyond.

Child Immunisations
Post Partum check for mum, and baby’s six week check are booked with the GP together. Immunisations are booked with the nurse to follow.  Book with a Practice Nurse directly for all other childhood immunisations.  

School Immunisation Program
If this is missed during the school program, we can administer the necessary vaccination/s. Or if parents prefer to bring a child into the practice for their immunisations, they can book with a nurse.

Vaccinations and Pregnancy
If you are planning to become pregnant it is highly recommended to check which vaccinations you may need before you become pregnant. Whooping Cough vaccination is strongly recommended for all expecting parents and other adults such as grandparents who will be in close contact with a new baby. Newborns are at risk of serious complications if they contract whooping cough.  Pregnant women can have a free whooping cough vaccine from sixteen weeks. This provides optimal protection for new babies. The Flu/Influenza vaccine can also be given. 

Adult Vaccinations
Please note not all adult vaccines are funded. Some incur a cost and are only free to particular age groups or medical conditions. Immunisation is still relevant in adulthood as ongoing protection is required for preventable diseases. Even if vaccinations were given in childhood, adults may need booster doses to maintain immunity. There are a range of adult vaccines available at our practice.

List of Vaccines

• Whooping Cough (also known as Pertussis)
• Influenza/Flu
• Measles -Mumps-Rubella
• Chickenpox (also known as Varicella)
• Pneumococcal Disease
• Tetanus
• Diptheria
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• We offer the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (now including HPV Virus) for all eligible children.
• Whooping Cough is funded for pregnant women from sixteen weeks and recommended (but not funded) for close family members i.e. partner, grandparents, and close family members.
• Tetanus boosters are recommended at 45 and 65 years of age or early in the case of dirty wounds.
• Shingles

Travel Vaccinations -Child and Adult
These need to be booked directly with your GP.

Travel related Diseases we can help you avoid:

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Typhoid
• Meningococcal disease
• Rabies
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Tetanus, Diptheria + Polio
• Travellers Diarrhoea (Cholera)

We are a provider of spirometry. This is a comprehensive test to ascertain lung function. To access this service you must be referred by your GP. A Practice Nurse/Health Care Assistant will perform your Spirometry test.

All of our clinical team are involved in the delivery of the sexual health service. It includes contraception, diagnosis, and treatment of STIs (sexually transmitted infections), cervical screening, management of erectile dysfunction, management of gynaecological health etc.

Our GP’s perform minor surgical procedures. These are carried out under local anaesthetic for your convenience and comfort. This requires a consultation with your GP and may result in a referral.

Some of the procedures we do:

• Removal of moles and skin lesions
• Removal of cysts and some skin cancers
• Cortisone injections
• Biopsies
• Cryotherapy (Liquid Nitrogen) is offered by GP’s and Practice Nurses.

Cardiac Risk Assessments (as per the Ministry of Health Guidelines) are available at Saddle View. This test will determine your risk of cardiac event or stroke within the next 5 years. These free assessments are based on age and cultural background. You’ll receive an invitation for your health check at the appropriate time for you. Also, Cardiac Rehabilitation is offered to people at risk of a cardiac event or post-cardiac events and surgery.

We do Diabetes Annual Reviews for people with an established diagnosis of Diabetes. This is free for patients enrolled at our practice between the ages of 15-79 years. This annual review assesses you for ongoing diabetes-related complications and for cardiovascular risk. As part of the diabetes service, we also provide an Insulin Initiation service.

Family history and symptoms such as weight loss/gain are an indicator of diabetes.  Diabetes is largely avoidable; we actively work with our patients to prevent the onset of diabetes.

Maintaining good health throughout a lifetime is one of the best ways to prevent disease from occurring in the body and enjoy quality of life as old age approaches. Our GP’s can help detect and treat disease early, to reduce the risk of a disease becoming serious, debilitating, or fatal.

Preventive health checks include:

General

• Annual check-ups for early detection of disease
• Non-funded smoking cessation advice
• Recommendations based on family medical history
• Skin Checks
• Blood tests
• Blood pressure checks

Women

• Breast checks
• Pap smears (Cervical Smears, HPV swabs)
• Mammogram referrals

Men

• Prostate examination

If you feel as though things are not quite right with your mental health, your GP is usually the first port of call. Our GP’s are qualified to diagnose and treat a wide range of mental health issues. Some of the symptoms and triggers of a mental health issue can include:

• Life Crisis
• Family conflicts
• Suicidal thoughts
• Trauma
• Psychosis
• Relationship problems
• Constantly feeling ‘down’
• Constant worrying
• Constant feelings of anger
  
  

Mental Health has a significant impact on all aspects of life, including thoughts, feelings, behaviour, interactions, relationships, and decision-making. Mental health illnesses include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, schizophrenia, addictions, anorexia and bulimia.

What our GP’s can do
The aim of seeing a professional to help with your mental health is to resolve psychological problems and improve your quality of life through various coping strategies.

Mental Health Assessment

• Refer you to the Te Whatu Ora-funded Brief Intervention Service – Health Improvement Practitioner and Health Coach for adults and youths
• Refer you to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, other specialists or support group
• Prescribe medication
• Advise on positive lifestyle adjustments.

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 extensive medical training to equip her or him to help people 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 afield. 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.

We have a Health Coach who can provide diet and lifestyle advice to you.  

It is important to feel comfortable with the person who will care for you during your pregnancy, when you are having your baby, and in the early days of your parenting. This person is your lead maternity carer (a doctor or midwife).

Your doctor or midwife will:

• Work with you to develop a birth plan
• Talk to you about staying healthy
• Be with you during your labour and birth — if your carer is a doctor, they will arrange a midwife for the labour
• Refer you or your baby to specialist support if needed
• Visit you, or arrange for you to be visited, at the hospital and in your home at least 7 times after your baby is born
• Refer you to your chosen Well Child Tamariki Ora provider after the birth
• Help you to enrol your baby for doctor and practice nurse services.

Your doctor (or midwife) will see you throughout your pregnancy, and they will:

• Feel your stomach to check baby’s growth, position and heartbeat
• Take your blood pressure
• Test your urine

Screening tests
They will also offer screening tests and scans to check that both you and your baby are healthy and well. If you choose to have the tests and scans, they will arrange them for you and explain your results.

Pregnancy & Newborn Screening

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.

Our clinicians can diagnose and treat asthma and our team can assist with self-care advice for managing your asthma.

Our team are able to provide care for any wounds, including regular dressing.

If you have had minor surgery, removal of sutures will be included in your minor surgery fee. There is a small charge for removal of sutures either with ACC or normal removal of sutures. 

Aclasta (Zoledronic acid) is an effective treatment of osteoporosis and is now available as a once-yearly intravenous infusion in primary care.

The infusion is funded under PHO clinical programmes for patients who meet PHARMAC Special Authority criteria.

If you are concerned about your bone health please book to see one of our doctors for discussion. Our nurses are trained in giving IV infusion and we offer this service in our clinic

Iron Infusions (Ferinject) are available to treat iron deficiency anaemia. Please book an appointment with our reception team to discuss this with a clinician.

Driver Licence Medicals
Please inform the receptionist you are booking an appointment for a Drivers Licence Medical, this includes HT licence. 

Please allow 30 minutes for these appointments.

Occupational Dive Medical
The Occupational Dive Medical is required for anyone working as a diver in an occupational capacity, by Worksafe New Zealand.

What is involved :
Please call to book an appointment through our reception team and allow at least one and a half hours for this. The annual questionnaire should be completed prior to your appointment ( it can be done in the waiting room).
This can be obtained from the receptionist or, if you prefer, directly downloaded from the Work Safe NZ website.

The Occupational Dive Medical consists of a 30 minute appointment with the doctor, followed by a 45 minute appointment with the nurse who will complete a spirometry (lung function test), and colour vision test.

Other tests may be required depending on the clinical indication.

You will need to bring photo identification (e.g. passport or drivers license). Please also bring a list of your medications if you are on any.

Please contact us for the cost of the medical.