Health Services

The Pain Service is based on well-established research which is used internationally to assist people like you with chronic pain.

The Skin Lesion Service provides high quality skin lesion removal services within primary care. The service works in collaboration with Te Whatu Ora to reduce the demand on secondary care.

Nelson Bays Primary Health provides an Integrated Primary Mental Health and Addiction Service, which is a nationwide initiative to provide you with timely local, accessible, and free access to mental health support.

The Nelson Bays Primary Health Lactation Consultant offers specialised support and advice to whānau and health professionals across primary and secondary care in the Nelson Bays region.

The Community Nutrition Service has New Zealand registered dietitians who are available to work in partnership with you, your whānau and small groups to identify and make dietary and behaviour changes to prevent and manage your long-term lifestyle related conditions.

Advance care planning is a process that assists you and your whānau to identify your personal preferences and consider treatment and care options that can be incorporated into plans for your future health care if you become unable to make decisions for yourself.

Locality Care Coordination is the process of bringing a person’s care team together. We connect all these people so that they work together as a team, with you. We focus on what matters to you, to ensure you/your whānau are supported.

Nelson Bays Primary Health provides two primary alcohol and other drug services, for youth and adults.

Falls Prevention is a free service provided to you if you are over 65 years and have a falls risk.

Nelson Bays Primary Health has two contestable Health Promotion funds that support community groups or organisations to start a health promotion initiative or train and up-skill staff or volunteers.

Nelson Bays Primary Health provides two services for mild to moderate mental health.

Nelson Bays Primary Health provides an adult Infectious Diseases Service for the Nelson Marlborough region (Te Tau Ihu). This service works closely with Te Whatu Ora Public Health Service to provide an important service to our community.

Practice Relationship Managers work alongside General Practice to provide advice and support, monitor primary care targets and implement targeted improvements.

Nelson Bays Primary Health’s Immunisation Facilitation Service provides professional immunisation leadership in a collaborative partnership between Te Whatu Ora Public Health services, primary and community health organisations, including general practice, community pharmacy and occupational health providers.

Nelson Bays Primary Health provides high quality and professionally relevant education for Nelson Bays Primary Health and general practice staff, ensuring identified learning needs, skills and knowledge are met and kept up to date.