Nursing Team

One of the biggest changes in the way General Practice in New Zealand works is the way the nurses are now involved in many aspects of health care. 

At Stoke Medical our nurses offer a phone advice service throughout the day. They are most often the first to see more urgent cases whilst waiting for a Doctor to become available, and work in a flexible team to keep waiting times to a minimum.

We have two Nurse Practitioners who work in a similar way to a General Practitioner. They can assess, prescribe, treat, provide medical certificates etc, just like our doctors.

Our practice nurses offer a number of services including but not limited to:
Cervical smear tests, Diabetes checks, Cardiovascular ‘Heart' checks, general health advice, wound care, vaccination, Drivers License Medicals and blood tests.

To compliment our nursing team, we also have two Health Care Assistants. The work that they perform, frees up time for our nurses, allowing them to work at the top level of their scope of practice.