Price Increase

CONSULT FEE INCREASE

Please note prices have increased as of 1/7/25 as follows:

Adult Community Services Card Holder co-payments will increase from $19.50 to $20.00

17-year-old Community Services Card Holder co-payments will increase from $13.00 to $13.50

Non-community services card holder adult co-payments will increase from $29.50 to $30.50

Instructions for Patient Portal HEALTH CONNECT

HEALTH CONNECT Patient Portal

Please see the Patient Portal Tab.

Please complete Consent form. Once we receive your form, you will be sent a one off invoice for $20 for administration and future support for the portal.

You will be able to access your patient details, results, repeat prescriptions and make appointment bookings (there will be a gradual release of aviallable appointments when available.

Our Patient Portal is now live. Find the page here
Find the Patient Portal instructions here

Missed or Not Attended Appointments

NOTICE OF POLICY CHANGE: MISSED / NON-ATTENDED APPOINTMENTS

Effective 1 August 2024, we reserve the right to charge for appointments that are not attended, if you have not cancelled without a minimum of 1 hour notice.

We have observed a significant number of patients booking appointments and subsequently failing to attend. Given the existing shortage of doctors and the current wait time of 1-3 weeks for available appointments, this policy aims to encourage timely cancellations. This will enable other patients to utilise these slots and ensure more efficient use of our healthcare resources.

To notify please call reception 09 837 0740 or email reception@ratanui.co.nz. Alternatively, if you cannot get through, please phone the Ratanui mobile 021 0896 4606 (for urgent calls only)

COVID-19 Protocols

All patients are screened at reception when arrived. Our doctors may see patients face to face with cold-flu or virus symptoms in the outside cabin. Some consultations can be virtual/phone consults (normal consult fee applies) and our doctors will advise patients if they need to come into the clinic for a face-to-face consult. If you have cold/flu symptom, on arrival to clinic, please phone reception to advise that you have arrived, and wait in the car until the doctor/nurse calls you to enter the clinic. Face masks must be worn.

We are are able to do RAT testing. Casual patients must phone to register first. For COVID-19 testing, phone on arrival ph 09 837 0740 or 021 08964606.

Monday-Friday between 10.30am-12pm and 2.00pm-5pm

Child Immunisations are available for patients without symptoms. Call on arrival and a nurse will invite you into the clinic.

Our doctors can organise prescriptions and have them emailed to your pharmacy of choice (fees Apply).

Please maintain and follow our infection control procedures for Health and Safety and risks of infection to our doctors, nurses, staff and patients. Mask wearing and maintaining 2 metre distancing is advised.

CORONAVIRUS - COVID 19

CORONAVIRUS HELPLINE 0800 358 5453. If you are using an international SIM, call +64 9 358 5453

(24/7 - 7 days/week (Interpreters available)

HEALTHLINE 0800 611 116

Free government helpline on 0800 779 997 (8am–1am 7 days a week)

Ratanui  09 837 0740  Ratanui Mobile 021 0896 4606

DO NOT ENTER THE CLINIC

If you suspect you have symptoms of coronavirus, been exposed to a close physical contact of a confirmed case or returned from overseas in the last 14 days, please advise reception.

Advise your mobile contact details and number plate of your car.

      PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE CLINIC / STAY IN YOUR CAR AND WAIT IN THE BACK CARPARK

Help protect other patients and our staff if you have a respiratory illness (symptoms can include fever, sneezing, cough, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties)

OUR DOCTORS / NURSES WILL ASSESS AND SUPPORT YOU

Phone  CORONAVIRUS HELPLINE 0800 358 5453 or Healthline 0800 611 116

Ring the Helpline or Healthline for advice

Ratanui 09 837 0740 or 021 0896 4606 for advice before coming into the clinic.

Ministry of Health n-Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

covid19.health.nz

Auckland Regional Public Health

Coronavirus Leaflet

Poster English

Poster Chinese

Self Isolation Guide

For COVID-19 health advice and information, contact the Healthline team (for free) on 0800 358 5453 or +64 9 358 5453 for international SIMS.

Please register your details with Healthline within 24 hours of arrival.

Registering your details

Please register your details with Healthline while in New Zealand. This must include your personal mobile number. We are doing this to provide you with health support while you are in New Zealand.

Call 0800 358 5453 to register.
If you are using an international SIM, call +64 9 358 5453

Self-isolation guidance for COVID infected patients

Self Isolation MOH

Self-isolation is an effective precautionary measure to protect those around you – your family, friends, colleagues – from contracting COVID-19. It means taking simple, common-sense steps to avoid close contact with other people as much as possible, like you would with the seasonal flu virus. Taking these measures will help protect you, your family.

As much as possible, you should limit your contact with people. You should avoid having visitors to your home.

If you are in a home where the others who live with you haven’t travelled or been in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, you should minimise close contact with them by avoiding situations where you have face-to-face contact closer than 2 metres for more than 15 minutes.

You should not share dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating utensils, towels, pillows or other items with other people in your home. After using these items, you should wash them thoroughly with soap and water, place them in the dishwasher for cleaning or wash them in your washing machine.

To keep you and others safe, you should isolate yourself from other people for 5 days.

General Practice Education Programme

This practice has been accredited by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners as a teaching practice for general practice registrars.  GP registrars are doctors who have already completed at least eight years of medical training and are going on to specialise in general practice.

They come to this practice for a six-month period to get practical experience under the supervision of Dr Chris Wong and Dr Joanna Lang.

Currently we do not have a registrar.

Patients may be offered an appointment with the registrar.  If you decide to consult with the registrar you are making an important contribution to the education of New Zealand doctors and we appreciate your support.  However, the choice to see the registrar is entirely voluntary and you are always free to see your own doctor if you prefer.

Your comments about the General Practice Education Programme are welcome directly to us or to:

The General Practice Education Programme.  The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners PO Box 10440, Wellington 6143

Enrolments


ENROLMENTS

If you have not visited the doctor within 3 years, your enrolment will expire and you are required to update your enrolment (by signing an enrolment form) to remain enrolled and receive subsidised fees.  

Casual fees apply if the enrolment has not been updated.

When enrolling, you will be required to show proof for eligibility by presenting a copy of photo ID documentation i.e. passport, or birth certificate with drivers licence.

If you move overseas, please see reception and arrange to collect your notes or, ask your new medical centre to arrange your medical notes to be transferred to them directly.

Please advise our receptionist of any change of contact details or other information.

Thanks for your support and cooperation.