FREE GP Visits for Children under 6 & FREE ACC Wound Care!!

We are delighted to be able to announce we are now offering FREE GP visits for children under 6 for our enrolled patients during our standard hours of 8am to 6pm. This will assist ease the financial burden on parents and means they can bring their young children in without having to worry about the cost.

In addition we are offering FREE ACC Wound care over the summer. So if you or your children get injured either in the home, at work, or at play in the outdoors, you can come to us for treatment and there will be no cost to you, either for the initial treatment or for the ongoing visits relating to the wound.

Regards from everyone at MMC :)

Attention: Parents of Girls - HPV Vaccine

Cervical cancer remains an important disease. Each year in New Zealand there are around 30,000 abnormal smear test results, around 180 women develop cervical cancer and more than 60 women die from it.

Genital HPV (Human Papilloma Virus, more commonly known as wart virus) is a common virus that is carried by a large percentage of sexually active people.

• Girls and young women aged 12 to 18 can currently receive the HPV vaccine for FREE under the Ministry of Health’s HPV Immunisation Programme.
• Other people can pay for the vaccine.
• The cost for the full 3 doses will vary but may be approximately $450-$500.

Please talk to one of our Doctors or Nurses regarding this vaccine. More information can be found by going to The HPV Project website at http://www.hpv.org.nz/patient/hpv_vaccine.htm

Cheers from everyone at MMC :)

Teaching Practice - GP Registrar

We are very excited that this practice has been accredited by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners as a teaching practice for general practice registrars. GP Registrars are Doctors who have already completed at least eight years of medical training and have decided to specialize in General Practice. Dr Charlotte Cooper is our current GP Registrar. Dr Cooper will be well known to many patients at MMC as she has been with us for several years.

In addition we occasionally have 5th and 6th year medical students come to our practice to do some additional training. They are always under the direct supervision of our Medical Director, Dr Neil Beumelburg. All our clinical staff are involved in "Continuing Medical Education" (CME) and we see this as part of our ongoing role, not only as medical professionals, but also to assist ensure the community is well served for the future.

Regards - Moorhouse Medical Centre :)

Welcome Moorhouse Medical Centre Blog

Welcome to our blog page!! Through this forum we would like to help keep you up to date with the health initiatives and news from Moorhouse Medical. (MMC). We also welcome your feedback on items of interest you would like us to cover. Please do not use this forum to seek personal medical advice - if you need assistance/advice please telephone us on 365 7900 :)

We do publish a two page newsletter every two months which you can pick up from reception and when you register as a new patient, we give you a copy.

Our Medical Director, Dr Neil Beumelburg leads the team of Doctors at MMC. We are very happy to have secured the services of three additional Doctors over the last three months, Dr Ras Amara, Dr Kate Stanley and Dr Nikki Chambers have joined Dr Greg Down, Dr Kirsty Russell, Dr Charlotte Cooper and Dr John Kenny. We are in the process of adding a further web page with a photo and brief biography of our staff - so watch this space!

We also have some great nurse clinic's available to assist our registered patients with prevention and managing of ongoing health conditions. Some of these are: Well Women's Clinic, Well Men's Clinic, Smoking Cessation, Respiratory Education - if you have a specific need, talk to one of our Doctors or Nurses who will be happy to assist you.

Cheers from everyone at MMC