February 26 Newsletter

Sunday service closure

During the summer months there is little demand for our afterhours service on Sundays. In light of this we will only open on Saturdays from 9 am to 3:45 pm (last appointment). We do not operate a walk-in service.

You can book some appointments online and you also can ring the clinic to book on the day.

We will keep monitoring the demand, and if need be we can extend our afterhours availability over the winter months.

Some of our more senior GPs are booked weeks in advance. We are aware of this so we have been growing our GP workforce to allow us to offer appointments on the same day. You may not be seeing your usual GP, however your records are always viewable by our team, and your care is delivered to our high standard.

What to do if you need to see a Doctor urgently on Sunday

For a face to face appointment:

Three Kings Urgent Care : threekings.co.nz
or
Ascot at Greenlane 24/7 : whitecross.co.nz

For a virtual appointment:

Care HQ – On Sunday you can have virtual appointments with Care HQ Headquarters. This is a virtual appointment that is supported by our PHO and a government initiative. Please follow the link for information on this: carehq.co.nz

What conditions can be safely seen for virtual and when not: carehq.co.nz/what-we-treat

Tiny new additions

Dr Mary Furniss had a gorgeous baby boy just before Xmas and is now on maternity leave. Here is a peek at this latest addition to the Greenwood family. Prior to that our Nurse Laura had a beautiful baby girl, see below.