Yearly Archives: 2018

Summer Holidays 2018-19

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Kotare in a Pohutukawa tree

Tarawera Medical Centre would like to wish all our patients a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. This week is the last normal week before the holidays with the following 2 weeks having Tuesday and Wednesday as Public Holidays. Now would be a good time to check that you have enough of your medicines to last through the holidays and order/collect repeats this week if needed.

We will be closed on Christmas and Boxing Day, New Year and 2nd January but open normal hours on;

Monday 24th and 31st December

Thursday 27th December and 3rd January

Friday 28th December and 4th January

When we are closed the normal nurse triage is available by phone as is the GP afterhours service at Whakatane Hospital.

Sun Protection

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The apparent early arrival of summer this year with stunning Labour Weekend weather is a timely reminder to be SunSmart.

This Sun Protection Alert updates daily with the seasons as a reminder for the hours protection is needed.

Another useful tool is the New Zealand developed smartphone app UVLens which is available for  Apple iOS and Google Play for Android. The UVLens app allows you to personalise the warnings to your skin type, hair colour etc.

Sun protection is the main method we have to prevent skin cancer. Research confirms that it is never too late to use sun protection with people later in life who use regular sunscreen having fewer skin cancers than those who use it intermittently. In Australia melanoma rates have peaked and are starting to drop as the group targeted by their SunSmart campaign are replacing the generations who grew up with no sun protection. Unfortunately in New Zealand we are not yet seeing that trend and dying of melanoma is not something we want to beat the Australians at.

Enjoy the lovely sunny weather but remember to be SunSmart.

Daffodil Day 2018

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Daffodil Day 2018 display by Sarah Morris in the waiting room.

Friday 31st August is Daffodil Day and to promote this our artist in residence, Sarah Morris, has designed another of her lovely displays that brighten our waiting room. Daffodil Day raises funds to support Cancer research. As a practice we are continually dealing with issues relating to cancer in it’s various forms and there can be few New Zealanders that have not been touched by cancer whether directly or indirectly.

If you would like to support Daffodil Day you can make a donation via the  Daffodil Day website or purchase a daffodil with a donation on the day.

Bike Month 2018

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Christine Yeoman and Tracy Wilson cycling to work on Go By Bike Day

February is Bike Month and Sport Bay of Plenty has a program of events encouraging people to get out and on their bikes for pleasure and exercise. One of these events was Go by Bike day on Valentine’s Day and Christine Yeoman and Tracy Wilson took up the challenge to cycle to work. In all fairness they don’t need any encouragement and along with Margaret Paul, regularly cycle to work, setting a great example in environmentally friendly transport.