In addition to General Practice and accident care, we offer the following services.
Doctor Services
- Skin Checks (mole mapping using the latest skin microscope technology)
- Diathermy of lesions such as warts, skin tags etc
- Removal of lesions and cysts by minor surgery
- Punch or shave biopsies for pathological diagnosis
- Ultrasound (used for assessment of urinary flow, abdominal aortic aneurysm screening)
- Steroid injections
- Pilot's Licences
- Men & Women's Health Checks
- Maternity Care
- Acute Demand services (we have a custom built observation room)
- Travel consultations
- Diving Medicals
- Immigration Medicals
- Palliative Care
- Extended Mental Health Consultations
Nursing Services
- Podiatry
- Immunisations
- Flu vaccines
- Contraception and Sexual Health
- Cervical Screening
- Smoking Cessation
- Before School Checks
- Cardiovascular Risk Assessments
- ESR Drug testing
- Before School Checks
- Cryotherapy (removal of warts, veruccas etc)
- Care Plus programme
- Aclasta Infusions
- Jadelle insertion
District Nursing Services
We employ 14 registered nurses who work throughout the wider Hurunui District, providing district nursing services to the areas surrounding the Amberley, Cheviot, Waikari and Amuri Health Centres.
Hurunui District Nursing provides community nursing for peoople who choose to remain in their own homes, rather than move to hospital or a rest home, and for people who require additional support after surgery or an accident, and cannot easily get to their usual medical centre.
The nurses are skilled in many areas, providing:
- Wound care
- IV therapy
- Catheter and stoma care
- Bladder and bowel management
- Pain management
- Dietetic Nursing
- Palliative Care
- Nutritional Advice
Other Services
Please refer to "Calendar" to find out the dates of the clinics below.
Physiotherapist
Corrie Scrivener holds physiotherapy clinics Tuesdays and Fridays from 11am to 6pm.
Apart from providing general physiotherapy for back, neck, joint pains and sport injuries, Corrie is qualified in acupuncture, able to give exercise prescription including pilates exercises and provides therapeutic massage.
Podiatrist
Gay Stenning who owns and operates Merivale Podiatry holds regular clinics at the Health Centre, usually on a Thursday betwen 10am-4.30pm.
Vasectomy Clinic
Dr Phil Airey is avaliable for vasectomy clinics at the Health Centre. Dr Phil Airey has now performed more than 9,300 vasectomies. The technique he uses does not involve either knife or stitches.
BIC (Mild to Moderate Mental Health)
Sue Herber is a brief intervention co-ordinator, offering up to five free sessions of counseling for enrolled patients with mild to moderate mental problems, e.g anxiety, post natal depression, work stress or depression relating to financial worries, work stress or a chronic illness diagnosis.
Joan sees patients on a Wednesday via a referral from the Health Centre.
Mental Health Liaison
Susan Kovaks (Psychiatric Nurse) provides adults with severe mental health difficulties access to brief intervention, service coordination and assisted access to secondary services. Susan works on referral from the Health Centre.
Appetite For Life
Appetite for life is a program for women who want to improve their family's health though a more developed understanding of nutrition
Programs involve seven two hour sessions with 10 to 12 participants.
Senior Chef
Senior Chef is a program based around:
- Nutrition and aging
- Bone health
- Nutrition and wound healing
- Healthy eating and weight management
- Diet and lifestyle management of bowels and constipation
The program involves eight, three hour sessions with 6-10 participants
We will advertise the next avaliable course