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Covid 19 Management

As of the Third of December 2021, New Zealand will move into the Covid19 Protection framework in which we also know as the Traffic light system.

Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, everyone has the right to access healthcare. Therefore, please read the Conditions of treatment.

Remember you must use the QR Code when you come in.

Management of unvaccinated patient

Principles of this statement Health services need to provide services in accordance with the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996. Appropriate justification is needed if a health service is proposing to refuse access to services or to not comply with rights under the Code.

The onus is on the provider to make that justification. The justification should be made based on a risk assessment that considers both the provider and the patient, the other patients they see, the risk of attending premises where there are unvaccinated persons present, and the requirements outlined in Clause 3 of the Code.

The Ministry is of the view that in most cases, with vaccinated staff and other precautions in place, that the risks are unlikely to be high enough to provide sufficient justification to not follow the Code. In other words, denying access to health care on the basis of vaccination status is unacceptable.

Conditions of treatment

  • If you are unwell, please do not turn up for your appointment, contact us and we will reschedule your appointment.

  • A covid questionnaire will be sent out to you for your appointment, which we ask that you fill out before your appointment.

  • If you have been to a place of interest or been in contact with a person of interest. You will need to provide a Negative Covid Swab Test before your appointment.

  • You must wear a Mask when attending your appointment

  • Please sanitise your hands before and after your appointment

  • You must log via the Covid Tracer app

Ministry of Health Position

If you would like to read the Ministry of Health position statement on routine pre-consultation testing of unvaccinated individuals in healthcare settings.