The Downtown Community MinistryFriday 23 July 2010, 3:11PM
Media release from the Downtown Community Ministry
The new Te Aro Health Centre outreach clinic opened in
Compassion House this week, upstairs from Downtown Community
Ministry (DCM).
Mark Stillwell, a doctor at Te Aro Health said, "This is a really
positive move for us to have an outreach clinic in the same
building as DCM who we already work closely with. It means that we
will be able to provide even better healthcare assistance to our
patients because they can come up and see us when they're in at
DCM."
Jane Ginnane, a nurse at Te Aro Health added, "We'll also be able
to reach new patients and strengthen our ties with existing
patients."
The outreach clinic will be open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings
from 9.30am. It will operate on an open-clinic basis, rather than
with set appointment times.
Janice Coldicott, Community Worker at DCM said, "Having Te Aro
Health upstairs twice a week is going to make a real difference to
our service users who need to see a doctor or nurse at short
notice."
"Collaboration between agencies is a key way to streamline and
improve outcomes for our service users, such as renewing their
medical certificates for Sickness Benefits."