Last week we had a couple of visitors to the practice. First was the Practice Manager from Riverslea Medical Centre in Edgecumbe. They are preparing for their first Cornerstone assessment and as Tarawera Medical Centre was the first Eastern Bay practice to achieve Cornerstone and has subsequently completed 2 reaccreditation cycles we are well placed to assist and happy to help. Cornerstone is an accreditation programme specifically designed by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and is a combined quality improvement and quality assurance process.

Our second visitor was Jay Preston who runs the chiropractic clinic from the Tarawera Pharmacy at the Tarawera Medical Complex. It was great to catch up with him and hear that things are taking off well with a lot of people appreciating being able to access chiropractic locally instead of having to travel out of town. He is ACC accredited and he offers a discount for seniors. He made the point that he practices a traditional form of chiropractic focussing on bone and joint alignment and feels that soft tissue therapy is more appropriately dealt with by a physio. He has an interesting accent for a Kiwi – pop in and say hello. See his website for more information.