You may have been aware that our patient portal provider, Manage My Health, was recently affected by a ransom attack.Although a lot of records have been compromised, we do not use the part of Manage My Health that was vulnerable.As far as we are aware, SIX current patients of Sumner Health centre have been affected by this data breach.  All of these people have been informed so if you have not heard, and you are one of our patients, there is no need for concern.We will continue to do our very best to keep your data as secure as possible.  If you have questions about your data security, plea

Forty four years ago on May 8th 1980 the world declared its victory over one of the worst enemies humanity has faced.  Countless lives were snuffed out and countless more were maimed by smallpox but we came together and ended the sufferering.Between the 24th of April and the 30th of April is World Immunization Week.

Influenza vaccines will be available at Sumner Health Centre from 2 April 2024.

You may be elligable for a fully funded vaccine, check your eligability here:

https://www.immunise.health.nz/about-vaccines/nz-immunisations/flu-influ...

Children can be vaccinated from six months of age.

Unfunded vaccines are $30 each please book in through reception.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is a dilation or swelling of the Aorta, the largest blood vessel in the abdomen.

This condition can be present in as many as 8% of men over the age of 65, but is considerably less common in women, with approximately four times as many occuring in men.

It is far more common in people who have been smokers, or who are at risk of heart disease for other reasons.

Aneurysms usually cause no symptoms at all unless they rupture, in which case only about 20% of people survive.

There has long been a debate over the value or otherwise of screening for prostate cancer, and to date no country has a national system for offering prostate cancer screening.

For many years, the evidence has largely been that screening for prostate cancer caused more harm than good, but several recent developments have helped to change things:

Great news - as of 1st March 2023, meningitis vaccines are now fully funded for some patient groups -

Did you know, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States of America, and Canada all offer one-off screening ultrasound scans to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in men aged 65 years? Although our cardiologists believe New Zealand should be offering our residents this test also, we currently have no government funded AAA screening program.

NOTICE - as we are currently experiencing very low demand for services with everyone locked down, we will be closing earlier than usual, at 17.00, rather than 17.30.We will open at our usual time once the level 4 state ends.We will also be giving some of our clinical staff extra time off to rest so that we can be fresh to treat you when the need arises.  This means your usual doctor may not be working their normal hours.Cases of COVID-19 continue to be very uncommon in Canterbury though, which is great news.Nonetheless, it is vitally important to keep your distance and wash your hands.Every

Coronavirus update 23 March 2020

This is an unusual news post as it is both a news post and guidance for our staff.

It is being put here so that everyone knows what is going on and why, and also how to provide feedback - all ideas are very welcome in these trying times.

Through all of this our purpose is to ensure that you spend as little time in our waiting room, possibly being exposed to others as possible, to protect our staff without whom we cannot make this work, and to do our best to deliver the highest quality healthcare we can, circumstances be damned.

Read on to see how your team is going to be managing things in the coming days to weeks: