Community Groups
He Oranga Pai Health Clinic (Arowhenua Marae based)
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He Oranga Pai is a primary health care clinic based at the Arowhenua Marae.
There are three Primary Health Care registered nurses, one Tamariki Ora nurse, two Mental Health Registered nurse, one Registered Social Worker and one Mental Health Community Support Worker. A GP visits three hours per week to provide supervision and consultation for the Registered Nurses extended scope of practice. |
| Updated: 6 Jan 2010 |
Our facility also offers these services:
| Detail | |
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| Name | He Oranga Pai Health Clinic (Arowhenua Marae based) |
| Address | Huirapa Street |
| Suburb | South Canterbury |
| District | South Canterbury |
| City/Town | Temuka (serve Rangitata to Waitaki and Aoraki to the sea) |
| Postal Address | P.O. Box |
| District Health Board Area | South Canterbury |
| Phone | 036157452 |
| Fax | 036157459 |
| Mobile | 0274076115 |
| Manager | Suzy Waaka (Phone: 0274076021) |
| Owner | Arowhenua Whanau Services (Phone: 036155180) |
| Updated: 4 Mar 2011 | |
| Community Group Types | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Disability Support Groups and Contacts | Yes | Provide support for tamariki and rangatahi primary mental health service. |
| Community Organisations | Yes | Hold a clinic at the Te Aitarakihi Marae once a week on Thursdays and at the St Johns rooms in Waimate every Tuesday. Arowhenua Whanau Services, 92a King Street, Temuka. |
| Relationship and Counselling Services | Yes | Provide assistance in accessing counselling services |
| Fitness and Recreation | Yes | Promote healthy lifestyles and refer to healthy eating and healthy action programmes. |
| Links to other sites, e.g. government, health, legal, consumer etc | Yes | Arowhenua Whanau Services, 92a King Street, Temuka Arowhenua Marae, South Canterbury DHB |
| Church/Religious Group | Yes | Liaise with the Presbytarian Support Services |
| Kaumatua Services | Yes | Can access kaumatua |
| Updated: 30 Aug 2010 | ||
| The Doctor
Dr Kirsty Russell visits He Oranga Pai Health Clinic every Wednesday morning between 0900hrs and 1200hrs. Her role is to provide delegated authority protocols for the Registered Nurses who work at the clinic, such as Standing Orders, so the Registered Nurses can prescribe certain medicines in the absence of a doctor. Dr Kirsty Russell also provides training, upskilling, and medical supervision to support extension of the Registered Nurses scope of practice. Dr Kirsty Russell can provide medical services complimentary to and in association with the Registered nurses and provide medical liaison on behalf of the clients. What the Doctor will do; Examine clients who do not have a regular Doctor Provide prescriptions in urgent cases, on a case by case basis What the Doctor will not do; Provide medical certificates and sickness certificates Examine and treat clients who have already got a regular Doctor |
| Updated: 6 Jan 2010 |
| He Oranga Pai health clinic encourages all ethnicity and all ages to visit and register to support and promote healthy whanau ora. |
| Updated: 24 Jun 2009 |
| Language | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Maori - Te Reo | Yes | Tewera King can provide te reo Maori for whanau |
| Updated: 24 Jun 2009 | ||
| Companionship | Self Funded | Subsidised | After Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | He Oranga Pai are a mobile team who can visit in your home. |
| Activities/Exercise Programme | Yes | Yes | Yes | From time to time He Oranga Pai can facilitate day exercise programmes, such as the green prescription form and a walking group. |
| Other Social Support | Yes | Negotiable | Negotiable | He Oranga Pai provides support as required on a case by case basis. |
| Updated: 6 Jan 2010 | ||||