HUCHS SERVICES

Nau mai, Haere mai – Welcome To HUCHS

HUCHS was established in Pomare in 1991 as a community owned and low cost health service. Our Pomare clinic was opened in 1992 and in 2019 we established our Taita clinic.

Our Services Include

  • Face to face or phone consultations with a General Practitioner (GP) or Nurse
  •  Daily phone triage for patients with acute or urgent issues
  • Support for long term conditions, e.g. heart health, asthma, diabetes
  • Vaccinations, immunizations, and smears
  • Drive through vaccinations, immunizations and respiratory clinic at our Pomare clinic
  • Online health services including managemyhealth patient portal for patients to book appointments, request prescriptions, see lab results and their own medical notes.
  • Community health workers to provide support and advocacy
  • A clinical pharmacist for advice on medicines
  • A dietitian for advice on diet
  • A physiotherapist for muscular-skeletal issues
  • A counsellor
  • A health improvement practitioner
  • A health coach

For Afterhour Services

  • For emergiencies call 111
  • Ring Healthline on 0800 611 116 for free advice 24*7 
  • From 5 pm – 11 pm on weekdats and from 8 am – 11 pm on weekends contcat the afterhours Medical Centre, 729 High Treet, Lower Hutt, pn: 567-5345
  • If you have an urgent problems between 11 pm – 8 am go to emergency department at Lower Hutt
  • For vitrual afterhours GP consultation go to Practice Plus

Repeat Prescriptions 

Repeat prescriptions are only for long term medications and may take up to 48 hours (2 working days) to complete so please request well in advance.
Your doctor may need to see you before issuing a repeat prescription. You can request a repeat prescription for any of our clinics by ringing 567 6414 or 0800 31 31 00  and leaving a message on our prescription line or through our ManageMyHealth Patient Portal.

Lab Results

As part of our policy at Hutt Union Health you will NOT be notified if your lab test results are normal.
We will contact you to arrange follow up of significant abnormal results that require further action. However, you may call our nurses to confirm results have been received and are in normal range or see your results through our ManageMyHealth Patient Portal.

Making a Complaint

Please phone, write or email the manager

Hutt Union & Community Health Service, PO Box 35041, Naenae
Email [email protected]
Phone 567 6414 or 0800 31 31 00
If you are still not satisfied then you can contact the Health & Disability Commission on 0800 11 22 33