Welcome to
Wadestown Medical Practice
Welcome to the Wadestown Medical Practice website.
We are a small, friendly medical centre, with five doctors and five nurses. We are located in the heart of Wadestown, next to the Wadestown Kitchen cafe, on the Wilton-Rongotai bus route.
We are open from 8am to 5pm, on weekdays.
We are currently accepting new patients. If you are new to the area, or simply would like to change to a doctor situated closer to where you live, please click on the 'enrol' tab.
December 2024
**HOLIDAY SEASON HOURS 2024/2025**
We will be closed on the stat days & closed the 27th Dec & 3rd Jan over the holidays and working shortened hours on the following days:
24th December 8am - 12pm
25th-27th December Closed
30th, 31st December 9am - 3pm
1st- 3rd January Closed
From 6th January we are back to regular workday hours of 8am – 5pm
If you need to be seen by a GP when we are closed please either:
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book an appointment with Practice Plus as an extension to your regular medical team, their hours include weekends/public holidays 8:00am - 8:00pm. To find out more or to book an appointment https://practiceplus.nz/ (This may be a cheaper option for some patients than WAMC)
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or go to WAMC (Wellington Accident & Urgent Medical Centre), 17 Adelaide Road, Newtown or call the free Healthline for advice: 0800 611 116
PRESCRIPTIONS
If you need a prescription before the holidays please put your request in early so we can ensure you have what you need and remember to pack all your medication if you are going on holiday.
CONSULTATIONS
Just a friendly reminder a standard appointment is 15 minutes, please be considerate of the doctors time and patients waiting after you. If you feel you need longer please book a double appointment.
BOOKING APPOINTMENTS
You MUST be well for your appointment. If you have ANY cough/cold/flu/sore throat/asthma symptoms please call us instead on 04 473 7248 or call Healthline: 0800 611 116 for COVID queries. If you have any of these symptoms please do a RAT test.
With a lot of respiratory illness in the community at the moment we do recommend wearing a mask when you come into the practice.
If you are making the appointment for someone other than yourself or for something outside of a standard 15 minute appointment eg. infusion, minor surgery, multiple vaccines, immunotherapy, allergy, driver’s license medical, IUD insertion, respiratory or travel services please phone us on 04 473 7248 as these are not standard bookings that can be made through ManageMyHealth.
From
The Team at Wadestown Medical Practice
If you would like to register for Manage My Health (MMH) so that you can receive your lab results online please tell your doctor when you come in or email us at reception@wadestownmedical.co.nz
We are now accepting standard GP consultation bookings via MMH.
MMH is a secure way of accessing your:
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Lab results (from the date you sign up)
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Vaccination history
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And enables you to receive and send secure messages with your doctor
(for complete consultations via MMH there will be a fee).
For more information go to: www.managemyhealth.co.nz
“He mauri korero, he mauri wānanga”
Through talking about how we feel, together we can find a better way.
It is Wadestown Medical Practice’s Policy to notify you of all your test results and we will endeavour to do this within two weeks, even if they are normal.
Please be assured however, that if your results are significantly abnormal you will be notified much sooner.