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Selwyn Village Healthcare will be shut from Saturday 23rd December, reopening Wednesday 3rd January 2024. Please arrange appointments and prescription requests early so you don’t miss out. During this period, urgent care is available over the phone through the national phone healthline Whakarongorau 0800 611 116, and in person through http://www.AfterhoursGP.co.nz (who provide booked appointments outside ourContinue reading “2023 Christmas holiday hours”

Explore the artistic side of our talented team! Dr. Tara King one of our expert GPs, has created a collection of stunning paintings. Visit her website to bring a touch of creativity to your space while supporting our healthcare heroes.

We’re excited to support the upcoming debut of the Aotearoa Mental Health Film Festival on 21 & 23 Nov. Featuring nine locally made short films and a panel discussion with mental health experts, it promises an evening of empowering storytelling. Tickets are available through their website.

We will be closed Friday 14th July and reopen Monday 17th July – enjoy the long weekend.

We’re excited to now offer patient portal access through myindici.co.nzFeatures include booking / changing appointments, viewing your health info, streamlined prescription repeats & much more! See our reception team to sign up; you’ll need valid photo ID and a personal email address.

Unfortunately we are no longer fully funded for most COVID-19 services; our standard fees will usually apply. Please direct any complaints about these changes to the Ministry of Health info@health.govt.nz

Selwyn Village Healthcare will be shut from Saturday 24th December, reopening Wednesday 4th January 2023. Please arrange appointments and prescription requests early so you don’t miss out. After hours care is provided over the phone through the national phone healthline 0800 611 116, and in person through www.AfterhoursGP.co.nz who provide booked appointments outside our opening hours. You canContinue reading “Christmas holiday hours”

Just a reminder, we’re shut for the public holiday on Monday. We will re-open with our usual hours from 8:30am on Tuesday 8/2/2022.

We’re now closed for the Christmas break, through until we reopen on Wednesday 5th January 2022. For care that can’t wait, book online to see a doctor through AfterhoursGP.co.nz, or visit any of Christchurch’s urgent care walk-in services. Have a nice holiday period – we look forward to seeing you back in 2022.

Selwyn Village Healthcare will be shut from Saturday 25th December, reopening Wednesday 5th January 2022. Please arrange appointments and prescription requests early so you don’t miss out. After hours care is provided over the phone through the national phone healthline 0800 611 116, and in person through www.AfterhoursGP.co.nz who provide booked appointments outside our opening hours. You canContinue reading “Christmas hours”

With Canterbury anniversary day public holiday this week, we’re closed from 5pm Thursday 11th of November, reopening 8:30am the following Monday. We’re not open Friday 12/11/21. If you need health advice through the long weekend call Healthline on 0800 611 116, or for GP care that can’t wait book an appointment through AfterHoursGP.co.nz Happy holidays!

With Labour day public holiday next Monday we’ll be closed from 5pm Friday 22nd of October, reopening 8:30am the following Tuesday. We are not open Monday 25/10/21. If you need health advice through the long weekend call Healthline on 0800 611 116, or for GP care that can’t wait book an appointment through AfterHoursGP.co.nz Please submit prescriptionContinue reading “Labour day public holiday”

We have updated the information on our COVID-19 page, to help you work out when you will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in Canterbury. We’re not yet sure if / when we may be able to provide vaccination at Selwyn Village Healthcare, but will continue to keep our website updated as information becomes available.

We’re now able to give flu vaccines to all our patients, though don’t yet have the vaccines for ages 4 and under (will update here when this changes) . Please walk in 8:30 – 4pm, no appointment needed. Please don’t ring to book.

Our team of frontline health workers are now being vaccinated against COVID-19 (through the CDHB). We regularly see patients with symptoms consistent with COVID-19, and so vaccination helps prevent passing infection on to our other patients if we’re exposed. We believe there is good evidence for the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine beingContinue reading “COVID-19 protection”

Funded Flu vaccines are now available for our patients ages 65+. If you are 65 or older please come to our morning walk-in clinic 8:30 – 11am. Please do not call to book an appointment. We’re expecting flu vaccines for other groups some time next month – we’ll update our website & recorded phone messageContinue reading “Flu vaccines – ages 65+ now available”

Our 2021 Flu vaccination program is due to be starting soon; we’re waiting to have the date of delivery confirmed. Initially these will be available only for our patients aged 65+. This year vaccination will be provided through our morning walk-in clinic (8:30 – 11am). Once vaccination is available we’ll update our website & recordedContinue reading “Flu vaccines 2021”

With Easter public holidays this weekend we’ll be closed from 5pm Thursday 1st of April, reopening 8:30am the following Tuesday. We are not open Friday 1/4/21 or Monday 5/4/21. If you need health advice through the long weekend please call Healthline on 0800 611 116, or for GP care that can’t wait book an appointmentContinue reading “Easter hours”

We’re excited to welcome Megan O’Connell as a new member of our team. Megan is a competent and experienced practice nurse who will start helping care for our patients this week.

From the beginning of May we’re expecting to offer the 2021 flu vaccine; we can’t book these appointments until we have more details. There is still no clear information about whether COVID-19 vaccination will be provided through General Practice, and when this might occur. We’ll keep our website updated, or you can subscribe to ourContinue reading “Flu vaccines 2021”

From Sunday 7/3/21 Christchurch is returning to alert level 1. We still request that patients who are unwell with cold & flu symptoms do not enter the building – please call us to arrange assessment. See our COVID-19 page for further information.

This weekend a further case of community transmission was detected in Auckland, and Christchurch has been moved into alert level 2. Please see our COVID-19 page for detailed information for both well AND unwell patients on how you can help us reduce the spread of disease.

From Thursday 17/2/21 Christchurch is returning to alert level 1. We still request that patients who are unwell with cold & flu symptoms do not enter the building – please call us to arrange assessment. See our COVID-19 page for further information.

The new community cases of COVID-19 and the escalation to Alert level 2 this weekend further emphasise the importance of continuing our careful approach. Please see our COVID-19 page for detailed information for both well AND unwell patients on how you can help us prevent the spread of disease.

We’ve updated our website to make it easier to find the information you want. Stay posted for more improvements to come

Our patients can still access quality GP care when we are shut, without sitting in a waiting room for hours. Visit AfterHoursGP.co.nz to find out more. If you are unwell, please ring Healthline (0800 611 116) as your first step so that serious and life threatening conditions are appropriately seen in Emergency Department.

Responding to your healthcare needs, we have a GP attending to urgent problems each weekday morning. While other practices may take days to offer urgent care, our patients can walk-in daily from 8:30 – 11am even if your usual GP is unavailable. This is ideal for minor injuries, infections, and any other urgent / semi-urgentContinue reading “Morning walk-in clinic”