Mornington Health Centre Hours for Registered Patients

Normal Practice Hours

 Weekdays            8am – 6pm

 After Hours Urgent Service

A Doctor is on duty weeknights, weekends, and public holidays until 10pm for URGENT problems.

Weeknights         6pm -10pm

Weekends       9am – 10pm 

The On-call Doctor is not always on-site, please phone first to arrange a consultation.

03 466 5011 

If you phone after 10pm your call will be answered by a registered nurse who will help you to manage your health concern and advise you of the action to take.

If you have an acute life-threatening problem, call 111 or go directly to the Emergency Department at Dunedin Hospital

Influenza, “the flu”, can be anywhere and is easily spread through talking, coughing and sneezing.  Up to one in five people get influenza every year. Some people can get very sick with the flu while others may not know they have it as they do not feel unwell.  But they can still pass it on to other people and make them very sick.

Getting your flu vaccine is one of the best things you can do to stay well and protect yourself, your family and friends during this flu season.

The flu vaccine is now available, to book a vaccine with one of our friendly nursing team, please phone reception on 466 5011.

The cost of the Flu vaccine is $40 OR you may be eligible for a FREE flu vaccine if you fall under any of the following criteria:

• All people aged 65 years and over (Māori and Pasifika from 55 years)
• Pregnant people
• Some people with long-term medical conditions (includes diabetes, asthma, chronic respiratory disease, kidney disease, heart and autoimmune conditions).
• Children 4 and under who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or with a history of significant respiratory illness.
• People with mental health and addiction issue

Did you know a GP appointment is for 15 minutes only and this includes time for the GP to write notes, send prescriptions/referrals or complete required paperwork.

Doctors are only able to thoroughly manage 1-2 issues per consultation.

If you think that you will need longer than 15 minutes with your doctor you may wish to consider booking a double appointment or making a second booking on a different day.

* Additional charges will apply to double appointments.

Te Whatu Ora Translator Services are available at MHC.

If you are needing an interpreter for your consultation, see reception and they can arrange an interpreter for any of the languages listed below.

Ki te whai koe i tētahi kaiwhakamārama reo māori mo ōu hui hauora, korero atu ki ngā kaiwhakatau manuhiri hei whakarite. Ki te hiahia i tētahi kaiwhakamārama reo kē atu, e āhei hoki rātou te whakarite

如果您在看诊是需要翻译员，请告 诉前台人员，他们可以安排以下语 言的翻译员

اگر برای صحبت با دکتر و یا پرستار به مترجم یا ترجمان نیاز دارید، لطفاً به منشی بگویید. ایشان میتواند برای زبانهای زیر برای شما مترجم پیدا کنند.

اردو، دری، فارسی،

آفریکان یا زبان آفریقایی، عربی، باهاسا اندونزیایی، کنتونیز، چینی، جزایر کوک، مائوری، آلمانی، فیجیایی، فرانسه، هلندی، هندی، گجراتی، ایتالیایی، ژاپنی، خمر، کره‌ای، مالایالام، مالایی، ماندارین، زبان اشاره نیوزیلندی، پنجابی، روسی، صربی -کروات، سین‌هالا، اسپانیایی، تاگالوگ، تامیل، تایلندی، تونگایی، ویتنامی

Afrikaans, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Cantonese, Chinese, Cook Islands Māori, Dari, Dutch, English, Fijian, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Malayalam, Malaysian, Mandarin, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language, Niuean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Sinhala, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Urdu, and Vietnamese

The new cervical screening test is a game changer!

Cervical cancer is preventable. Regular cervical screening is one of the best ways to protect yourself.

There are now two options for having your cervical screening test: a vaginal swab where you can self-test or a trained professional can assist you or, you can choose to have a cervical sample (what used to be called a smear test) taken by a healthcare provider.

Most people can choose to self-test.

The new HPV test is safe and accurate.

Cervical screening is for eligible wāhine, and people with a cervix aged 25 to 69.

Find out more at TimeToCervicalScreen.nz, call 0800 729 729 or kōrero to your nurse, doctor or hauora clinic.

As from Monday November 18th, 2024, Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre will no longer be accepting Mornington Health Centre patients unless you have been referred for x-ray by an MHC doctor.

MHC provide our own acute service for registered patients.

• We provide acute and after hours care for our patients from 8am to 10pm weekdays and 9am to 10pm weekends.
• Acute appointments with a GP are booked via our reception team 03 4665011
• There is an acute GP onsite from 9am to 8pm weekdays and 9am to 5pm Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sundays.
• During the hours where a GP isn’t onsite, but we provide care, you can access our services by calling through to be assessed by a nurse who will refer you to a GP if needed.
• We encourage patients who think they may need to see a GP acutely to contact us prior to 5pm so that it is easier to plan their care.
• We also have a Nurse’s clinic with on the day availability to assess and manage acute issues
• To be able to manage the demand, the acute service is for a medically urgent matter only.
• If you present with other issues (such as ongoing non-urgent presentations or repeat prescriptions) you will need to book a routine consultation with your own GP. This ensures continuity of care which means your health is managed more appropriately.
• Minor accidents and injuries (non-life threatening) can be managed through our urgent/acute services and referral for x-ray if necessary.

Please use the link below for more information.

https://www.mhc.co.nz/AfterHoursOnCall

In 2020, changes were made to the New Zealand guidelines around how asthma in adults and teenagers should be treated.   It has been shown that for most people, (even those with mild or exercise induced asthma) that making a simple change in the type of inhaler and how and when you use it, may reduce asthma symptoms in day-to-day life.  This change can also reduce the risk of serious asthma episodes which is really exciting!

The new changes also make asthma treatment much simpler by using only one type of inhaler even when your asthma is playing up.

Please book an appointment to see one of our nurses or doctors to discuss how we can work together to improve your asthma symptoms.

Tamariki aged 6 months to 4 years who are immunocompromised or have multiple or complex health conditions are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.

From 9 February a version of the paediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be available for children aged 6 months to 4 years who are at higher risk of severe disease if they were to get COVID-19.

MHC will not be offering this vaccine, if your child is eligible, you will be able to book a vaccine by:

• calling Healthline on 0800 28 29 26
• visiting nz(external link).

Eligibility criteria for young children

The vaccine is available for children aged from 6 months to 4 years who have the following health conditions:

• chronic lung disease
• serious heart conditions such as congestive heart failure or congenital
• heart disease
• diabetes
• chronic kidney disease
• chronic neurological or neuromuscular disease such as cerebral palsy
• Down syndrome
• a weakened immune system or are on an immunosuppressive
• treatment such as chemotherapy
• severe haematological disorders
• a transplant in the last 24 months.

Children who are not in any of the high-risk categories are not eligible for the vaccine as they have a low likelihood of severe illness from COVID-19.

MHC continues to offer all nursing services including cervical smears and immunisations.  If your child is due for their immunisations, please phone reception to book an appointment. We ask that only one adult accompanies your child to the practice and no siblings if this is at all possible.