Family Health Care

COVID-19 Update

Kia ora kotou katoa. Please see below for important announcements.

• Auckland remains at Alert Level 4 while the rest of New Zealand is in Alert Level 2.
• If you have an urgent problem or are unwell, please phone us.
• 50% of our appointments are face to face appointments
• Booked phone consults will remain.
• If you have any cold like symptoms (cough, sore throat, runny nose, fever, fatigue) please stay at home. If you are unwell, please call us. In a health emergency call 111.
• We have minimised the need for you to come into the surgery, and you can now get any form you need emailed to you, or sent directly to the lab or radiology department. All prescriptions will be directly sent to the pharmacy of your choice.
• Please scan or sign in when you arrive and wear a facemask.
• Please like our facebook page for updates: www.facebook.com/taupohealth
• If anyone is struggling, feeling overwhelmed, or has mental health concerns, you can book a phone consult with one of our great Health Improvement Practitioners ‘HIPs’, or call or text 1737 anytime, for support from a trained counsellor.

Need a same day/urgent appointment? If you don’t already have an appointment, and think you need to be seen, please call and we will add your name to our GP call back list for a phone call back that day. For any health emergencies please call 111.

Immunisations? Please call us to make an appointment.

Symptoms of COVID-19? Please call us to discuss, and don’t come in without phoning first.

The COVID Swab Centre is located at 79 Miro Street and open from 9am-3pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 9am-11.30am on all other days including the weekend. Please follow this link for the most up-to-date information http://www.healthpoint.co.nz/community-health-services/community-health/taupo-covid-19-community-testing-centre/

Thank you everyone for your support and understanding while we continue to keep our community safe.

Kia kaha.