A Driver’s Licence medical examination is required when applying for (or renewing) a special vehicle or passenger endorsement, if you have a medical condition that may affect your ability to drive safely, or if you are 75 years or older.

• NZTA Medical Requirements

Regular health checks can identify any early signs of health issues. When you have a health check, your doctor will talk with you about your medical history, your family's history of disease, and your lifestyle, including your diet, weight, physical activity, alcohol use, and whether you smoke.

An insurance medical exam is an opportunity for your insurance company to review your medical history and basic information that was used to make your insurance application. The insurance medical exam is done by your doctor.

Please let reception know if you are booking in for an insurance medical as these are longer appointments.

Work and Income has the following medical certificates for clients when they are applying for financial assistance.

• Work Capacity Medical Certificate
• Disability Certificate (for disability allowance)
• Disability Certificate - Counselling
• Disability Allowance - Medical Alarm Assessment
• Supported Living Payment medical certificate for a person being cared for
• Child Disability Allowance - Medical Certificate

You may also be asked to provide a Host Doctor Report or medical information to support an application for PATHS.

• Work and Income Website

An audiometry exam tests your ability to hear sounds. Sounds vary, based on their loudness (intensity) and the speed of sound wave vibrations (tone). Hearing occurs when sound waves stimulate the nerves of the inner ear. The sound then travels along nerve pathways to the brain.

A blood pressure test is a simple way of checking if your blood pressure is too high or too low.

Blood pressure is the term used to describe the strength with which your blood pushes on the sides of your arteries as it's pumped around your body.

• What is blood pressure?

Blood tests are one of the most common types of medical tests. They have many uses, including assessing your general health, checking if you have an infection, seeing how well specific organs are functioning and screening for certain genetic conditions.

• What is a blood test?

This is a group of tests and health factors that have been proven to indicate your chance of having a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke. They have been refined to indicate the degree of risk: borderline, intermediate, or high risk.

• Heart Disease Risk Assessment Advice

The cervical screening test checks for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and changes in the cells covering the neck of your womb. These changes could later develop into cervical cancer if they aren't treated.

• Cervical Screening Advice

 A comprehensive health assessment gives nurses insight into a patient's physical status through observation, the measurement of vital signs, and self-reported symptoms. It includes a medical history, a general survey, and a complete physical examination.

Our Nurses can help with advice regarding diet, medication, blood tests, and any other concerns you may have with management of diabetes.

Annual check ups include eyes, feet, circulation, diet, weight, neuropathy, heart, blood pressure, thyroid, electrolytes, cholesterol, blood and more.

• Diabetes NZ

An ECG (electrocardiogram) records the electrical activity of your heart at rest. It provides information about your heart rate and rhythm and shows if there is an enlargement of the heart due to high blood pressure (hypertension) or evidence of a previous heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Our Nurses provide intravenous (IV) administration of medicines at Broadway, in order to offer treatment to patients who would otherwise need to be admitted to hospital.

• Community-based IV administration

Our nurses are available to give advice regarding:

When you enrol as a new patient at Broadway we invite you for a FREE New Patient Health Assessment prior to seeing your doctor.  This helps give your doctor all the up-to-date information they need to provide you with the best possible care.

For results on any tests you have had done, you can check these on ManageMyHealth once the doctor has uploaded them. Alternatively, you can phone and speak to the Nurse about these.  

Our Nurses are available to administer a wide range of routine immunisations and injections including allergy injections, depo provera, iron etc. (These need to be discussed and organised with your doctor first).

Wanting to quit smoking? Our nurses are available to give you advice and support to help you.

Quitting smoking lowers your risk of other cancers over time as well, including cancers of the stomach, pancreas, liver, cervix, colon, and rectum, as well as acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

• Southern Quit Smoking Service
• Quit.org.nz

Our Nurses are available to administer a wide range of routine immunisations and injections. 

• NZ Immunisation Schedule

Our Nurses are available to provide wound care to our patients.  

• Wound Care Advice

Our Clinical Pharmacist specialises in medicines and how they work and interact. She works directly with patients and liaises with the general practice team to make sure your medicines help you get better and stay well. You will see our Clinical Pharmacist when you need extra expert advice on your medicines or medication review, after some hospital discharges, regarding medication side effects and medicine education.

A comprehensive health assessment gives nurses insight into a patient's physical status through observation, the measurement of vital signs, and self-reported symptoms. It includes a medical history, a general survey, and a complete physical examination.

Our Community Support Worker is able to provide practical support for our patients to access community resources and services. i.e. housing, employment, education/training, WINZ, and recreational activities, money matters, managing gambling or drinking, social engagement, etc.

Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are currently Aotearoa New Zealand’s primary testing tool for people with COVID-19 symptoms or household contacts. RAT results are available quickly – usually in about 20 minutes.

If you are symptomatic or a household contact, you can now order rapid antigen tests (RATs) through the newly launched RAT requester site. 

Dr. Doug Hill has a special interest in musculoskeletal (relating to muscles and skeleton) injuries.  He provides an assessment that is currently for ACC-funded injuries under the ACC GPSI contract.  This service is available on referral from your usual General Practitioner.

• GPSI's can access all diagnostic facilities available to secondary care clinicians (Specialists).  Clinical training for the GPSI's is provided by the Orthopaedic Consultants at Dunedin Hospital.

• Under the GPSI service, patients are diagnosed and a treatment plan is made.  Patients referred to a GPSI receive high-quality, timely, efficient, and effective care.

• Patients referred to a GPSI are seen a maximum of three times, thereafter they are referred to a secondary care clinician or returned to their GP for ongoing management.

A skin lesion is a superficial growth or patch of the skin that does not resemble the area surrounding it.

Dr Doug Hill provides skin cancer surgery for private paying patients, and some surgeries are free under the PHO Skin Lesion GPSI contract funded through the WellSouth Primary Health Network.

• The skin lesion GPSI has surgical skills and training for minor surgical procedures which in some cases may have been referred to secondary care clinicians (Specialists).
• The waiting time is less which means patients are seen sooner and it also reduces hospital waiting lists.
• This can range from a simple punch biopsy to larger procedures including reconstructive flaps.

If you are not a patient at Broadway Medical Centre, appointments for this can usually be made on referral from your usual General Practitioner.

Our Health Coach provides support for our patients to understand healthy choices, medication issues, action planning, goal setting, self-management, support, and group courses.

Our Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) is on-site at Broadway and sees our patients of any age regarding a number of concerns i.e. stress, sleep issues, grief, depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug issues, chronic pain, health choices, fatigue, headaches, family violence, medically unexplained symptoms, long-term conditions, relationship problems and children with behaviour issues.

A Doctor's appointment is required prior to any procedure.  Please ensure you let Reception know when booking to ensure enough time is allowed.

These are some of the surgical procedures we provide:

• Excision of sebaceous cyst 
• Joint/Steroid injection 
• Punch Biopsy 
• Wedge Resection of Ingrown Toenails 

 *Please Note: Fees are subject to change and you should check the fee when booking for an appointment or procedure with reception.  All surgery and surgery-related consultations must be paid for on the day of the appointment or prior.