The cost of picking up a
standard prescription in Nelson and surrounding districts is:
$17.50 – Richmond Health
$16 – St Luke's Health
$16 – Stoke Medical Centre
$15 – Cambridge St Clinic,
$15 – Wakefield Health Centre
$15 – Golden Bay Medical
$14.50 – @132 Health,
$10 – Harley Street Medical Centre,
$10 – Tahuna Medical
$10 – Mapua Health
$10 – Central Medical, Motueka
$5-$10 – Greenwood Health, Motueka
As at 25/1/2011
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The Health of Older People Strategy, published in April 2002, sets out Government policy for the future direction of health and disability support services for older people in New Zealand.
To view a summary of the Health of Older People Strategy please follow the link below
The New Zealand Health Trust is an independent, charitable trust.
It has been set up to help New Zealanders make their own informed decisions about their health and wellbeing, now and in the future.
Some of the issues that the New Zealand Health Trust are working on are:
A good deal of the content of this website is directed toward natural health remedies rather than drugs that could potentially cause more harm than good.
If you are interested take a look by following the link below.
Based at the Sally McCormack house in Manuka Street, Nelson, the hospice inpatient unit provides the following services:
There are also services based in rural areas.
For more information follow the link below.
Duty Doctor Care
Nelson Region After Hours and Duty Doctor Ltd (Telephone: 546 8881) operates from
96 Waimea Road, Nelson seven days a week from 8am to 10pm, with a duty doctor on-call after 10pm.
This service is available for all public, visitors to the area or those who have shifted here but don't yet have a GP, and it covers GP calls after hours for Nelson city and rural areas to Wakefield and Mapua.
Other rural areas have rosters for after hours care - accessed by directions on all GPs’ answer-phones.
The Community Services Card can help you and your family with the costs of health care. You'll pay less on some health services and prescriptions.
The card is available to those over 18yrs old, low to middle income earners and superannuitants.
For more information on the Community Services Card follow the link below.
Disability Support is a division of The Nelson / Marlborough District Health Board. It is a non profit organisation dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of the disabled.
For over 150 years, Disability Support has been providing support to people with intellectual or physical disablement. Residential support, day services and respite care are the types of support provided.
For more on their services follow the link below.
The Home Health Association of New Zealand was established as an incorporated society in 1993.
It is made up of volunteers, consumers and providers from many parts of the country and from many different disciplines and sectors.
These people provide a united voice for home-based care and support.
For more about the Home Health Association of New Zealand follow the link below.