Find the right care at the right place
There are a lot of options to get the right care including visiting your general practice medical centre, your local pharmacy or speaking to a healthcare professional over the phone. These options are good for both urgent and non-urgent care.
For emergencies always call 111 first.
To find the right care for you, check out our winter wellness tips, or click below to find a healthcare provider.
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Tips to stay well for Winter
Find the right care at the right place, on time. There’s plenty of help from your local pharmacy, telehealth options to your GP or practice nurse.
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Enrol in a General Practice
Find information and support to enrol in a general practice or find a health service.
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Find a health service
Use the Healthpoint database to find health services, clinics, community providers and general practices in your area.
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Find after hours care
Find out about local after hours urgent care in Otago and Southland.
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Try your local pharmacy
Pharmacists ensure prescriptions are dispensed correctly and are appropriate for you.
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Telehealth - Online GP Consults
Did you know, you can also access health advice by telephone or online? There are a range of online providers listed here. Your own practice may have a service available for you.
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Services we offer to the community
WellSouth provides clinical services for patients enrolled with general practices in Otago and Southland from diabetes workshops to mental wellbeing support. Find out which are self-referred, and which are referred via your nurse or doctor.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing
Find a range of support services from Tōku Oranga - Access and Choice, family mental health and brief intervention, as well as support for suicide prevention and postvention and Books on Prescription.
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Māori and Pacific Health
Find links to local providers and services and find out about WellSouth's commitment to more equitable health outcomes for our region.
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Screening
Find important information about Aotearoa New Zealand's screening programmes and your local providers in Otago and Southland, including for bowel, breast and cervical screening.
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Health Promotion
Our Health Promotion team facilitates, develops and/or supports a range of services and resources such as Books on Prescription and Low-cost Food Maps, as well as working across the first 2000 days of life.
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COVID-19
Find out more about testing, medications, what you can expect from your local GP and where to collect RATs.
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