Swanson Medical Centre

23/12/2025

Care HQ – special subsidised telehealth appointments over the Christmas period.

Our PHO, Procare, is providing additional subsidies to a telehealth provider, Care HQ. This can be accessed through the MyIndici portal or through their website with a special coupon code.

For concerns that don’t require an in-person assessment, these appointments are much more cost-effective than Accident and Emergency clinics while we are closed.

Special Care HQ telehealth rates for 25th December to 2nd January only (see photo below).

If you book an appointment via the CareHQ website, use the special coupon code XMAS-25 to apply the Christmas rates in the photo https://www.carehq.co.nz/

If you have health insurance through Southern Cross, you can use your MySouthernCross app to access FREE consultations through Care HQ.

Please note, these special rates ONLY apply from 25th December to 2nd January.

22/12/2025

Kia ora koutou and Meri Kirihimete!

The Swanson Medical team wish all of our patients and their families a safe and enjoyable holiday season.

We will be closed on the statutory days but will be here for next Monday to Wednesday for necessary appointments, and back to regular hours from the 5th of January.

AFTER-HOURS SERVICES:

Our PHO, Procare is also providing additional subsidies to a telehealth provider, Care HQ. This can be accessed through the MyIndici portal or through their website with a special coupon code. We will do a separate post with instructions for this special option for the Christmas period.

For after-hours care, our practice provides the following options:

Free 24/7 health advice over the phone – For professional health guidance at any time, please call Healthline at 0800 611 116.

In-person after-hours medical care – We recommend Whitecross Lincoln Road for after-hours doctor assessments and treatments.
Whitecross Lincoln Road
Address: 131 Lincoln Road, Henderson
Contact No: 09 836 3336

17/12/2025

Kia ora koutou, our phones will be switched off for an hour over lunchtime today for holiday celebrations. Our phones will be back on at 2pm. Apologies for any inconvenience. Arohanui,
the team at Swanson Medical

05/11/2025

Kia ora koutou, we are having a full staff meeting at lunchtime today. Our phones will be off from 1-2pm. Sorry for any inconvenience.

30/10/2025

Kōrero about measles from Dr Mae David, a GP from another local West Auckland clinic.

30/10/2025

07/10/2025

Today’s focus for Mental Health Awareness Week is GIVE - giving can make others feel great, and us as givers too.

Today at Swanson Medical we were gifted some delicious homemade chocolate fudge by a patient, and nurse Monica’s lovely Nana donated some gorgeous wee knitted dolls to comfort our young patients. We’re very lucky and will be thinking of how to ‘pay it forward’.

I’m thinking I might bake something for my kids’ teachers tonight! 🧁

It's day two of Mental Health Awareness Week! We hope that you found time to connect /me whakawhanaunga yesterday. Our Top Up Together theme for Rātū (Tuesday) is give / tukua. 💚

Today is all about kindness. Sharing acts of kindness and your time with others can strengthen relationships and create a ripple effect of positivity.

Show us how you’re topping up together today by using the hashtag and be in to win a $200 Prezzy card 💸! Terms and conditions apply. Tap the link 🔗 in our bio to find inspiration on how you can give today.

06/10/2025

This week is Mental Health Awareness week. Today’s focus is CONNECT - is there someone you can connect with today? We all have friends or family members we have been meaning to catch up with, let’s pick up the phone and make that call.

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and we’re encouraging you to Top Up Together as you bring the Five Ways to Wellbeing into your daily life. Connect / Me Whakawhanaunga is the Top Up Together theme for Rāhina (Monday).

Social connection is the ngākau/heart of our wellbeing. It weaves us together, making us feel seen, heard, and understood. When we nurture meaningful connections with others, we uplift our own well-being.

Show us how you’re topping up together today by using the hashtag and be in to win a $200 Prezzy card 💸! Terms and conditions apply. Tap the link 🔗 in our bio to find inspiration on how you can connect today.

02/10/2025

There are still tickets available if anyone would like to come to this on Sunday.

21/09/2025

Our very own Dr Mike Jenkin has organised a screening of a special film, “The Doctor’s Wife” at Te Pou Theatre, Corban Estate in Henderson on Sunday 5th of October. Some of our patients were cared for by Dr Alan Kerr, a retired heart surgeon. Alan’s wonderful wife Hazel was a nurse and a dance teacher in West Auckland. The film highlights Hazel’s work with kids with PTSD in Gaza and the West Bank, and Alan’s medical work there and is quite an insight into the humanity of everyday Palestinians prior to 2022.

Alan and Hazel will be at the event for a Q and A session after the screening of the film.

The tickets themselves are free via the QR code on the poster above. Any koha recieved is split between aid in Palestine and the filmmaker Paula Whetu Jones.

You can also register for tickets via the website: (just scroll down to the Te Pou Theatre event)

https://whitioraproductions.com/the-doctors-wife

31/08/2025

It is study time for many teens at the moment. This article from The Parenting Place has some great tips on how they can get the most out of their study time.

Wishing all studying teens and their families well!

https://parentingplace.nz/resources/9-scientifically-proven-ways-your-teen-can-get-the-most-out-of-study-time?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Parenting+Place+newsletter+27+August&utm_term=Pro+tips+for+exam+prep&utm_id=151643&sfmc_id=4113820ens

Pro tips for powerful and productive exam prep.