Enrol as a new patient
**Central Medical is currently at capacity with our patient numbers. If you would like to complete an enrolment form and be added to our waiting list please download the SPHO Enrolment form below**
Click here to complete an online enrolment form:
https://canterburypublicregistration.indici.nz/Home/Index?practiceID=%2BU47npTv7ayBT1LaKPcRSA%3D%3D
Click here to download our enrolment form: Enrolment Form 2023.pdf
Please return the completed form to our office staff or post to Central Medical, PO Box 140, Oamaru 9444. Alternatively you can scan and email it to us at admin@centralmedicaloamaru.co.nz
Alternatively, please call into see our office staff who can provide you with a form and assist you in completing it.
If we are able to process your enrolment, we will let you text you to advise that you enrolment has been processed and your medical notes have been requested from your previous medical centre. In order to provide optimal care as a new patient we require you to book an appointmtent with the Nurse to discuss your health history and ensure your records are up to date (normal consultation charges will apply).
Please phone reception on 03 434 8181 to book this appointment.
Health Information Privacy Statement
We collect personal information from you, including information about your:
- name
- date of birth
- address
- contact information
- billing or purchase information
- previous healthcare provider
We collect your personal information in order to:
- provide appropriate health care
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at practicemanager@centralmedicaloamaru.co.nz, or 03 4348181, or 19 Eden Street, Oamaru.
We keep the personal information we hold safe by storing it in encrypted files and only allowing certain staff to access it.
We keep people’s personal information for two years, at which point we securely destroy it which includes securely erasing all digital copies.
**Health Information Privacy Statement Update**
Recent changes to the Privacy Act require our Practice to notify patients when information is collected about them from other agencies. We have recently updated our Health Information Privacy Statement to include this advice:
Health Information Collection
Your general practice can collect information from other agencies for the purpose of maintaining an up-to- date health record and providing safe and quality primary health care.
This may include:
- Receipt of laboratory, radiology or other results
- Shared electronic health records, such as HealthOne (used in the South Island), which provides test results, allergies, medications, clinician summaries and hospital information shared by other providers involved in your care.
- Correspondence from after-hours services, hospitals and specialists which can include discharge summaries, specialist letters, lab and imaging results.
- Letters and notifications from referral providers reporting back on health or screening programmes for which you have been referred (for example, Green Prescription, smoking cessation, dietitian).
- Information from Health NZ and WellSouth in regards to updated demographic, NHI or eligibility information.
- Contact from or correspondence from non-health agencies such as Police, legal representatives, Oranga Tamariki, insurance companies, Ministry of Social Development (Work and Income New Zealand) and the Accident Compensation Corporation
- Receipt of correspondence from employers, regarding, for example, fitness to work
If you have any questions about this please contact our practice manager or discuss with our reception team.
A reminder that all patientshave the right to access (and have corrected) their health information under Rules 6 and 7 of the Health Information Privacy Code 2020.
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