Mangakino Health Service News
Change of PHO!
From 1 October 2011 Mangakino Health will be ending its association with the Midland Health PHO (Previously Known as Pinnacle) Instead we will be Joining Toiora PHO ( which will soon be joining the Hauhora Collective)" Hopefully with this change we will be able to offer extended services to our population. If any Patient has a need or desire to remain with the Midland Health PHO they are free to change to one of the Practices in Tokoroa or Taupo that remain in this Group . We do not expect that our patients will notice this change, As it is really just a matter of a change of funding stream.
Changes To after Hours !
From 1st March 2010 the way that after hours care is delivered will change.
At least once a month when Mangakino Health Services are on duty. Between 6-7pm we will be opening the practice to our enrolled patients to take the opportunity to attend for important health checks e.g. Cervical Smear, Cardio Vascular Disease assessments, Prostate checks, at a time that will be more suitable to people that work in the day. Standard Consultation charges will apply.
From 7-8pm we will continue seeing patients from Mangakino. Tokoroa and Putaruru as part of our On call comitment, to access this system phone 07 8866111.

Up coming on call dates to remember 11th March, 8th April, 6th May, 20th May, 1st July, 29th July, 19th August, 2nd September.
Cheap Fees !
We still are able to offer our patients Very Low Cost Access fees. This means that our standard charge for a normal consultation will still be the lowest available for Registered Adults
Mangakino a Cornerstone Practice
We are happy to announce that our practice has been awarded Cornerstone Accreditation on its achievement of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners standard for General Practice, Aiming for Excellence. This is a significant acheivement, which clearly demonstrates that our practice team not only meets all relevant legal and safety standards, but also displays a clear commitment to best practice and quality improvement, which we are proud to provide to our community. You will be able to see our Certificate, Framed and hanging on the waiting room wall with pride.
Mangakino Health Services Now Online!!
Obviously the other news for Mangakino Health services is this our Web site. "Mangakino Health Online" is going to be our way to stay in touch with our computer literate online customers - Following a small survey it became apparent that quite a few of our clients spend a lot of time online. With this news section we hope to be able to let you know whats going on at the Surgery,what new changes are planned and also it is a way for you our customers to let us know what we are doing right and doing wrong with out letting us know who you are if you want. The most exciting feature as far as we are concerned is the online request form with this feature you are now able to make appointment requests, ask questions and even request repeat prescriptions all online. We expect this to be very usefull to our few clients who have problems with using the phone through hearing impairment or other problems. Also we will sometimes run online surveys to find out what we need to change.