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The Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme
Community Health Service
Description
The Well Child programme is a package of universal health services offered free to all New Zealand families/whānau for children from birth to 5 years. The programme includes 12 core contacts as well as a general practitioner check at 6 weeks, linked to the 6-week immunisations.
The early years of life set the foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. The Well Child services help families/whānau to improve and protect their children’s health. They also serve as an important gateway to targeted and specialist health, education and social services for children and families/whānau with additional needs.
The Well Child services aim to:
- provide you with the knowledge and skills to respond to your child’s needs at the different stages of their development
- provide reassurance that your child is developing normally, through growth and development assessments
- inform you about, and provide immunisation
- support and help you to identify your needs as a parent, and link you with community and other services.
Who does Well Child checks?
Well Child services are provided by a number of people. These include:
- Lead maternity carers (LMCs — includes midwives, obstetricians and general practitioners)
- Registered nurses
- Nurse practitioners
- General practitioners
- Paediatricians
- Community health workers, Karitane and Kaiāwhina
- Vision and hearing technicians (VHTs)
- Newborn hearing screeners
- Authorised vaccinators.
How do I access this service?
Contact us, Make an appointment, Referral
Charges
No fees apply
Services Provided
Family / whānau, Mother and child / Māmā and pēpi
Region
Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Central Auckland, Central Lakes, East Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Hutt, Lakes, MidCentral, Nelson Marlborough, North Auckland, Northland, Dunedin - South Otago, South Auckland, South Canterbury, Southland, Tairāwhiti, Taranaki, Waikato, Wairarapa, Waitaki, Wellington, West Auckland, West Coast, Whanganui
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Contact Details
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This page was last updated at 4:15PM on November 19, 2019.