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Aged Care: Need nurses to help fill Xmas rosters?

1 Dec 2023

Christmas is coming up fast! So just a quick reminder that our virtual Registered Nurses are available at short notice should you need help filling ...

We’re making headlines

27 Nov 2023

Not only are we chuffed to have received award recognition for our mahi…but we’ve also received a fair amount of media coverage recently too.Here ...

Emergency Consult wins two business awards!

21 Nov 2023

Emergency Consult, and it’s CEO Jenni Falconer, went home winners from Friday night’s Waikato Business Awards gala dinner at Claudelands Event ...

Fantastic opportunities for RNs in Pāpāmoa

16 Nov 2023

An innovative 24-hour walk-in clinic is set to open in Papamoa this summer. Located at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard, Pāpāmoa East, the Accident & ...

Celebrating a milestone with St John

27 Oct 2023

Yesterday we celebrated a milestone with our Hato Hone St John friends at Auckland Hospital. Together we have provided over 2,500 consults. Giving ...

Positions available in the Bay of Plenty

25 Oct 2023

As we continue to expand and evolve, we’re on the hunt for great people to join our quest in making healthcare easy for anyone, anytime. We’re ...

We're finalists for two prestigious Business Awards!

15 Sep 2023

Emergency Consult is thrilled to be amongst the finalists in this year’s Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Awards announced this week at Waikato ...

Show your True Colours 1st Sept

28 Aug 2023

We do a little pro-bono work for the True Colours Children's Health Trust - they're great people doing important work for seriously ill tamariki and ...

New ED Service: Virtual Board Rounds

14 Aug 2023

We’re already working with many hospital emergency departments (EDs) around the country. Our ED partners use our online Emergency Medicine ...

Positions Available

18 Jul 2023

Following a period of rapid expansion we're excited to be recruiting new positions to join our friendly and ambitious team. Please see Seek for the ...

What can be treated via video consult?

4 Jul 2023

Virtual consults are timely and convenient. They are of huge benefit to people wanting to be seen quickly without having to travel or wait in a ...

Christchurch Hospital's new hush pod

19 Jun 2023

Christchurch Hospital is setting telehealth up to succeed with the implementation of a purpose-built hush pod.The hush pod provides a quiet, private ...

Takings from the Digital Health Leadership Summit

1 Jun 2023

This week saw health leaders from across the motu come together in Wellington for a sold-out Digital Health Leadership Summit put on by Health ...

Winter wellness with Dr Chanwai

3 May 2023

We're already seeing headlines stating that hospital emergency departments (EDs) are overwhelmed. And it's not officially winter yet! As we head into ...

Emergency Consult announces new Board Chair

31 Mar 2023

Emergency Consult has announced Dr Peter Crow as its new Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. Dr Crow has been working with Emergency ...

Aged Residential Care Newsletter

27 Mar 2023

Here’s the link to our latest eNewsletter for Aged Residential Care clients: https://mailchi.mp/emergencyconsult/agedcare For information about how ...

In the news this week

3 Feb 2023

This week an article was published in Health Informatics NZ (HiNZ) about how our nurses are supporting the aged care sector. Read the full story ...

Urgent care over the holidays

20 Dec 2022

Emergency Consult is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. As doctors reduce their hours over the holiday season, and ...

Hot off the press!

10 Nov 2022

Following the opening of Emergency Consult's Hamilton headquarters last month, the service has been featured in various local media and healthcare ...

New office opens following rapid expansion

27 Oct 2022

This week Emergency Consult hit a significant milestone with the opening of a centralised headquarters in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. The new office, ...

Giveaway winner announced

15 Aug 2022

Thanks to everyone who entered our random prize draw on Facebook for the winter supply pack. Michelle was the lucky winner and all those winter ...

Partnering with aged care providers across Aotearoa

25 Jul 2022

If you've been following the news lately you may be aware that there's a dire shortage of registered nurses in Aotearoa - and it's being felt ...

Now working with schools to care for our tamariki

25 Jul 2022

We're starting to work with a few schools. It's an exciting new direction for our service. For education providers, easy access to rapid medical care ...

July Newsletter

25 Jul 2022

Here’s the link to our latest patient Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/emergencyconsult/catchup-8991442You’re welcome to join out mailing list even ...

Coping with life after COVID

13 Apr 2022

As part of our work with various DHB’s across the country we’re monitoring numerous COVID patients in the community. Often, we hear our COVID ...

Doing Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) at home

10 Mar 2022

Free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) are now available to all kiwis, who are symptomatic or household contacts, for home testing. But it’s important to ...

Preparing for home isolation

7 Mar 2022

Positive case numbers are still climbing and if you, or someone in your household, tests positive fr COVID-19 then all of you must isolate for 7-days ...

January Newsletter

18 Jan 2022

Here’s the link to our latest patient Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/emergencyconsult/newdocsYou’re welcome to join out mailing list even if you ...

Isolating at home

17 Jan 2022

We’re working with a few different DHB’s around the country to support their COVID responses. So, if you’re required to home isolate in the ...

Stop the spread and be prepared

30 Nov 2021

With case numbers rising, and the likely easing of restrictions, we’ve had lots of patients ask what they can do to be prepared for COVID. We’re ...

Hot off the press – HiNZ article

26 Sep 2021

We’re thoroughly enjoying our work supporting rural and remote clinicians. And hearing comments like “It’s the best thing that could have ...

August Newsletter

24 Aug 2021

Here’s the link to our latest patient Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/emergencyconsult/august21?e=[UNIQID]You’re welcome to join out mailing list ...

Consults in Your Pharmacy-Mt Maunganui

1 Aug 2021

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Your Pharmacy – Mt Maunganui. This large dispensing pharmacy is now offering video consults with our ...

National Hep C Action Plan launched

28 Jul 2021

Yesterday we attended the launch of the National Hepatitis C Action Plan, Māhere Mahi mō te Ate Kakā C in Hamilton. Timely given that it was World ...

ED support to Northland & Te Kuiti

2 Jul 2021

We’re delighted to be able to help more Northlanders. In addition to our work with Kaitaia Hospital, we’re now also supporting the Bay of Islands ...

Warm welcome to new pharmacies

30 Jun 2021

Now Hamiltonians can access top emergency doctors from Unichem Beerescourt Pharmacy on Victoria Street and Unichem Grey Street Pharmacy in Hamilton ...

Fun at Fieldays

20 Jun 2021

What an event! We loved being part of the Health & Wellbeing Hub at Fieldays. There is some truly wonderful mahi going on within our communities – ...

Spreading our messaging to town and country at Fieldays

11 Jun 2021

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, Fieldays, takes place at Waikato’s Mystery Creek this month – and we’ll be ...

Doctor burnout findings released

7 Jun 2021

Doctor burnout rates are scary. And they're on the rise. The March issue of The Specialist magazine states that 1 in 2 New Zealand medical ...

Happy International Nurses Day

12 May 2021

We would like to make a big shout out to all our nurse colleagues. It’s tough going in NZ emergency departments at the moment. Our nurses are the ...

Reaching NZ’s Rural and Remote Communities

6 May 2021

We recently attended the Rural Health Conference in beautiful Taupo. It was the first time in a year that we've had the opportunity to 'rub ...

Winter Is Nearly Here

1 Apr 2021

We're already seeing headlines stating that hospital emergency departments (EDs) are overwhelmed. And it's only autumn! As we head into the colder ...

Reward for Referring Us to Your Family and Friends

31 Mar 2021

We need your help to spread the word. So, we’re offering you a special discount code! If you benefited from using our service, we'd love you to ...

Case Study: Pharmacy and ED Doctors Unite

10 Mar 2021

Emergency Consult and Waikato’s Anglesea Pharmacy have partnered to establish new model of care where the pharmacy can be a patient's first port of ...