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Covid-19 testing
GP practice - enrolled patients only
This practice provides COVID-19 testing to enrolled patients. Please call the practice for more information.
Covid testing hours
| Mon – Fri | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
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Description
We pride ourselves on working as a team to provide quality family medicine to individuals and families of all ages.
Staff
Our team is made up of 2 GPs (see details below under “General Practitioners”) and:
Nurse Practitioner - Anna Davidson
Practice Manager: Debbie Shirley
Practice Nurses : Gill McRae
Julie Macpherson
Jodi McNaughton
Reception : Lorraine Priest
General Practitioners
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Dr Natalie Balme
General Practitioner
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Dr Robert Bester
General Practitioner - Vocationally Registered
Hours
| Mon – Fri | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
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Public Holidays: Closed on all public holidays.
Preferred urgent care clinic out of hours: Invercargill After Hours Doctors.
Languages Spoken
English
Enrolling new patients
No
This practice is not currently enrolling new patients.
Services
Adult and Child Medical Care
Your GP's surgery is far more than a place to go when you are feeling unwell and needing a quick cure. The doctor who sees you has gone through an…
Minor Surgery
Minor surgery is commonly provided in primary care practices, providing fast, competent removal and biopsies of skin lesions. Other services include cosmetic work such as removal of benign moles and…
Travel Advice / Immunisations
Another service offered to you at your GP surgery (primary care practice) is advice and immunisation before you go to another country. While you are likely to have the immunisations…
Repeat Prescriptions
Each GP surgery or primary care practice will have its own procedure for repeat prescribing but the following rules are common to most, if not all. Patients who are well-known…
Lab Results
Sometimes your doctor needs to take a sample of blood or urine either to discover what is wrong with you or to measure something in your blood so that the…
Liquid Nitrogen
Liquid nitrogen is a fast, effective treatment provided in many practices to treat viral warts, sun damaged skin, skin tags and many benign cosmetic lesions. It comes in a container…
IUCD Insertion
An Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD) is inserted into a woman’s uterus to prevent pregnancy. Depending on the type of device, it will need to be changed after between three and…
Immunisation
Immunisations are provided at all primary care practices and are one of the most important services they provide. Immunisation has led to the decline of many lethal diseases including meningococcal…
Cervical Screening
All women who have ever been sexually active should have regular cervical smear tests every three years between the ages of 25 and 69. This includes women who have been…
ECG
An ECG is a recording of your heart's electrical activity. Electrode patches are attached to your skin to measure the electrical impulses given off by your heart. The result is…
Wheelchair Access
Yes
Website
Contact Details
106 Don Street, Invercargill
Southland
Phone
(03) 218 6325
Fax
(03) 218 9384
Healthlink EDI
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Website
106 Don Street
Invercargill
Southland 9810
Street Address
106 Don Street
Invercargill
Southland 9810
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