Services

• Cervical screening

• An organised National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP ) was established in New Zealand in 1990, to reduce the number of women who develop and die from cervical cancer.  The Programme recommends regular cervical screening at three yearly intervals for women aged between 20 and 69 years who have ever been sexually active.

  
  

• Heart & Diabetes checks

• The heart and diabetes checks aims to have regular heart and diabetes checks for at least 90% of those at risk of developing these conditions. The relationship between diabetes and heart disease (also known as cardiovascular disease or CVD) has been recognized for a long time.  A heart and diabetes check works out your risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 5 years. It also tells you if you have diabetes or pre-diabetes (where your blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes). The check will let you know what your risk is and give you the chance to talk to your doctor or nurse about ways to improve your health and lead a healthier life.
   

• Well Baby Checks

• Babies are checked periodically during their first year of life to ensure that they are developing correctly. The first appointment is usually a few days after the mother and child have returned home after the birth, then a fortnight later, then monthly up to four months then at six, nine months and at a year. Babies are weighed and measured to make sure that they are arriving at the various developmental milestones. 
  Apart from checking an infant’s physical and emotional growth, these sessions provide a great opportunity for parents to ask questions from an expert and have any problem addressed; difficulties with breastfeeding or sleep for example. They are also used to discuss immunisations and vaccinations.