Practice Closed to New Enrolments
Due to exceptionally high demand and our commitment to providing safe, timely, and high-quality care to our existing patients, Dunedin North Medical Centre is currently closed to new patient enrolments.
This decision has been made to ensure our clinical team can continue to meet the healthcare needs of our enrolled population while maintaining appropriate access to appointments.
We understand this may be disappointing and apologise for any inconvenience. We will review our enrolment status regularly and reopen enrolments when our capacity allows.
If you are looking for a general practice to enrol with, WellSouth (Primary Healthcare Network) offers an enrolment support service that may assist you in finding a practice accepting new patients. Phone 0800 478 256
If you require urgent medical care and are not enrolled with a general practice, please contact Dunedin Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre OR call Healthline on 0800 611 116 for free health advice, available 24 hours a day.
To ‘enrol’ is choosing to register as a regular patient with one medical centre.
Your doctors visits are subsidised by the government at the medical centre you choose to enrol with. Therefore if you visit a doctor in a medical centre where you are not enrolled it will be more expensive.
In order to enrol with Dunedin North Medical Centre you must meet the Ministry of Health’s eligibility criteria. Please check with a reception staff member to find out if you are eligible for government funded healthcare in New Zealand. If you are not eligible for government funded health care we can still register you as a regular patient but we cannot enrol you and therefore the full cost of the visit is to be met by you, the patient.
The benefits of enrolling with one medical centre include receiving on-going care with one doctor (or doctors who work together) and consultations at a reduced rate making health care more accessible. You will also receive the benefits of being enrolled in the WellSouth Primary Health Organisation (PHO) such as access to free or subsidised health programmes.
Dunedin North Medical Centre is a member of the WellSouth Primary Health Organisation (PHO). By enrolling with us you are also enrolling with the WellSouth PHO. The PHO receives funding from the government which it distributes to medical centres to subsidise consultations and other services for enrolled patients.
To enrol with Dunedin North Medical Centre we require you to provide photographic identification and complete a form. We may also require proof of your eligibility for government funded healthcare, usually by sighting your passport and/or visa.
Payment of a new patient administration fee at the time of enrolment is required to initiate the process.