If you have concerns or questions relating to the Coronavirus please phone 0800 358 5453 – it is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week OR visit the MOH website https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus.

If you have symptoms of Coronavirus and have travelled to or from the following countries China, Iran, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore or Thailand in the last 14 days  OR you  have you had close contact with a person with confirmed coronavirus – please phone reception for advice (PLEASE DO NOT COME IN OR BOOK AN APPOINTMENT VIA MMH).

Symptoms include: fever AND cough, shortness of breath or a sore throat.

Currently patients enrolled with the online patient portal,  Manage My Health, can access their lab results, order prescriptions, book appointments, see recalls coming up and email the health team.

Soon you will also have access to your consultation notes.  We plan to have this function available from the 2nd of April, 2020.   Only notes written from this date will be available via the portal.

Please be aware that medical records cannot be a verbatim account and medical jargon is used along with abbreviations.  Some terms have different meaning to the lay person.  Medical notes are often brief and condensed to points that are most clinically relevant.  If you have questions about what has been written please do not hesitate to ask at your next consultation.  Legally changes to existing notes are not allowed but an amendment can be added at a later date.

How long after my consultation will I be able to see what was written?  It can take up to 24 hours for the clinician to finalise your notes.  Please note that come clinicians can write their notes in full at the time of the consultation, but others make brief notes or headings and write them up later on in the day.  Not all tasks associated with the visit will be done within this time frame as research and other actions to be taken my take longer.

If you are not currently registered with Manage My Health and wish to have access to all the benefits listed above please phone the friendly reception team on 466 5011.

There is limited Measles vaccine stock currently in NZ and the Ministry of Health has been prioritising how it is distributed.  While the current vaccine supply is limited, the priority groups as determined by the Ministry of Health are children aged 15 months and 4 years old getting their MMR vaccine as part of the Immunisation Schedule.

MHC have enough supply to immunise these children.  We will continue to keep you up to date on any future changes.

The Immunisation Advisory Centre provides up to date information about measles immunity and the MMR vaccine on their website:

https://www.immune.org.nz/hot-topic/measles-overseas-and-new-zealand

For more information on measles please visit the Ministry of Health website.