USEFUL LINKS
This is where we hope you will find links to lots of useful sites and resources about health and health care.
+ Breast and Cervical Screening
A Time to Screen
Find out all you need to know about breast, cervical and bowel screening in New Zealand - www.timetoscreen.nz
https://healthify.nz/health-a-z/c/cervical-screening/
+ Parenting
Two excellent parenting websites with valuable information and resources about caring for your child:
KidsHealth is a New Zealand website - a joint initiative between the Starship Foundation and the Paediatric Society of New Zealand. This provides parents and health professionals with up to date information on children's health, parent support and support groups throughout New Zealand.
Healthykids is full of fun, free and low-cost ideas to get your family eating, moving and sleeping well. Explore their recipes, activity ideas, goal chart and more.
Raising children is an Australian parenting website resource with a range of information and resources for newborns to teenagers and those with special needs, developed by health professionals and parents.
+ Men's Health
Recommended Prostrate Health website link www.kupe.net.nz
Men's Mental Health www.toughtalk.nz
+ Medical Aids & Support for the Elderly
+ Our Nervous System
There is a host of online help for mental disorders including Depression. Guide to living with depression in pregnancy
Neurological disorders include Parkinsons Disease, and Stroke. For information on dementia see Alzheimers Disease.
For info on eye disorders see Save Our Sight or Macular Degeneration NZ
+ Our Circulation System
Excellent information on the heart and nutrition can be found on the NZ Heart Foundation website. Many of our patients are home monitoring their blood pressure. You can record your BP on our Blood Pressure Record form.
How old is your heart? Visit www.knowyournumbers.co.nz and after a few simple questions you will get a glimpse of how old your heart really is, compared to your actual age.
+ Our Lungs
Find out more about Asthma.
More information can be found about asbestos related lung disease at Asbestos.com.
+ Our Digestive System
We are fortunate to be in an area with an area with a pilot bowel cancer screening program. This is being offered to everyone aged 50 to 74 living in the Waitemata DHB area. For more information see BowelScreening or phone 0800 924 432.
Coeliac NZ - a good source of info for people with gluten enteropathy.
Good teeth enable healthy digestion - NZ health service promotes fluoride for stonger teeth.
+ Our Kidney/Bladder system
See Kidney Health NZ
+ Our Reproductive System
Information on Sexual Health for young people. Family Planning has some great resources as well.
For those wanting to get pregnant Fertility Associates provides good information.
National Abortion telehealth Service
+ Our Mental Health
During these challenging times it is important that we look after our mental well-being as well as our physical well-being. It is normal to feel stressed, anxious and sad during these rapidly changing times.
If you are worried about your mental health or that of someone you care about, please contact our clinic on 09 479 5422 to arrange an appointment to speak with your GP. If you or a loved one is in immediate danger please call 111.
If you need urgent help call the mental health crisis line. This is a 24/7 service and the numbers for each region in Auckland is listed below.
• Waitemata- 09 486 8900
• Henderson- 09 822 8601
• Auckland City 0800 800 717
• Counties Manakau- 09 261 3700
Help is only a phone call away and listed below are a few of the free services which are available to you.
• Free call or text 1737
• Depression help line- 0800 111 757 or text 8681
• Life line- 0800 543 354 OR 09 522 2999 OR free text 4357
• Suicide prevention help line- 0508 828 865
• Youth line- 0800 376 633 or text 234
• Samaritans- 0800 726 666
• Alcohol drug help line- 0800 787 797 or text 8681
• Gambling help line- 0800 654 655 or text 8006
For further information about these agencies and other resources available for depression please visit www.mentalhealth.org.nz/home/our-work/category/51/suicide-prevention
If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence please ring:
Women’s’ Refuge on 0800 733 843 OR Shine on 0508 744 633.
For further information on COVID-19 and managing your mental well-being please visit www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources
+ Health Navigator
The Health Navigator website provides one place for New Zealanders to find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-care resources. It is a non-profit community initiative combining the efforts of a wide range of partner and supporter organisations, and is overseen by the Health Navigator Charitable Trust.
+ Our Skin
One of the best websites for skin disorders Dermnet is made in New Zealand. The Melanoma Foundation
+ Our Hormone/Endocrine System
People with diabetes should become members of Diabetes New Zealand.
+ Our Blood
Have you considered giving blood? Take a look at New Zealand Blood Donations
More information about blood disorders including blood cancers.
+ Our Immune System
Facts and a mine of information at the Immunisation Advisory Centre. If you are travelling take a look at Fit for Travel before you make a time to see us about travel immunisations.
+ Our Habits
If you are a smoker talk to us about help with smoking cessation or contact Quitline. You should stop smoking. Its a no-brainer. More info at Smokefree. For facts and help on alcohol or drugs see ALAC or Community Alcohol and Drugs Service or Drug Free World
+ Cancer
There are many websites about cancer. Try the Cancer Council New Zealand or the Cancer Society. The Breast Cancer Foundation. The Prostate Cancer Foundation
+ Our Health Service
One of the bigger funders of health care in New Zealand is the Accident Compensation - ACC. More information about enrolment, eligibility for health funding and other mundane matters is at the Ministry of Health.
When navigating the health service you have rights and responsibilities enshrined in legislation called the Code of Health and Disability Consumers Rights.
There are also rules about how your private information is handled - The Health Information Privacy Code. Negotiating our health service can be tricky as can finding health information. Health Navigator is an NZ site designed to help.
+ Medicine
A great site for Medicine Information is MEDSAFE - Medicine Information. Funding of medicines in NZ is controlled by Pharmac.
+ Thinking about the end of life
Many people have ideas about how they wish to be cared for as they age and live out their final years. Sometimes they are not able to express these wishes when the time comes. Advance Care Planning is a way of setting out your wishes for family or your power of attorney to consider when they are making decisions for your care.