Urgent & Afterhours Care
General Practice Urgent Care and Afterhours Services
If you have a medical emergency, please call 111 without delay.
Many General Practices have an afterhours phone service via their main General Practice number between 5pm to 8am. This will direct enrolled patients to the Urgent Care Centre of their choice.
If you are unsure whether you need urgent care, call Healthline on 0800 611 116
24-hours a day and a health professional will tell you the best next steps.
Urgent care
and walk-in clinics deliver services for diagnoses and treatment for urgent clinical health needs such as illnesses or injuries that need immediate attention but are not life-threatening. You can go to an Urgent Care facility without an appointment if you:
- need treatment quickly (if you are suddenly very ill, have a bad cut, burn, sprain or fracture)
- your General Practice is closed
- if you are not enrolled with a doctor
- or you are visiting from out of town
Many General Practices have an afterhours phone service via their main General Practice number between 5pm to 8am. This will direct enrolled patients to the Urgent Care centre of their choice. If you are unsure whether you need urgent care, you can call
Healthline on
0800 611 116
24-hours a day and a health professional will tell you the best next steps.
General Practice Afterhours Services:
Afterhours services are provided by General Practices which have extended working hours.
Note:
Urgent care services do not process urgent requests for medical certificates and other documentation such as:
- WINZ forms (specific)
- ACC documentation
- Return to work documents
- Medical certificates
- Routine scripts
Urgent care and afterhours locations
City Doctors
and
Horowhenua After Hours
would like people to call first before heading to the clinic.
The Palms
asks that patients present to the practice and they will be triaged on arrival. Urgent care and afterhours fees can be found on the individual Urgent Care facilities’ websites.
Urgent Pharmacy
Urgent Radiology
If you need urgent radiology services, please contact your General Practice Team to find out how they can help get you to the service you need. If you are unsure whether you need urgent care, you can call Healthline 0800 611 116 24-hours a day and a health professional can tell you the best next steps.