GP practices

General practitioners (GPs) work from medical centres in the community and are usually your first point of contact for health concerns. You can also have an appointment with a GP on the phone or in a video call.

A healthcare professional, wearing a white coat, examines a patient sitting on an examination table in a medical room with a large window and medical equipment on the wall.

GP care in Marlborough provides the first point of contact for most health needs, offering ongoing, community-based medical support and services. A GP will connect you to wider specialist and hospital services when needed.

GPs are also available after-hours when a medical centre is closed, through phone or video calls, using Practice Plus. Read more about video and phone appointments here.

You need to be enrolled with a medical centre (GP practice) to see a GP.

The price of a GP appointment varies between practices. It is free for all enrolled children under the age of 14, and is subsidised (discounted) for people with Community Service Cards.

  • There are 10 medical centres (GP practices) in the Marlborough region – Blenheim, Havelock, Renwick, and Picton.  They employ general practitioners (GPs), nurses, health improvement practitioners and health coaches. 

    To enrol with a medical centre, find one that is accepting new patients and complete their enrolment process. You will be asked to provide identification and prove that you are eligible for publicly funded healthcare, by providing a passport or proof of your visa or residency.

    You can check if a centre is accepting new enrolments by:

    ·       looking them up on Healthpoint and using the ‘Enrolling new patients’ filter on the left-hand side

    ·       Looking at their website or contacting them directly

    You can find details of all medical centres (GP practices) in the Marlborough region on this page.

  • The price of a GP or nurse appointment varies between practices. It is free for all enrolled children under the age of 14, and is subsidised (discounted) for people with Community Service Cards.

    Costs are listed on this page

  • You can find details of all medical centres (GP practices) in the Marlborough region on this page.

  • Medical centres in Marlborough provide, or can connect you with, a wide range of services including:

    ·       routine health checks

    ·       diagnosis and treatment of illnesses

    ·       prescriptions and repeat scripts

    ·       immunisations (vaccination)

    ·       minor surgery (eg skin lesion removal)

    ·       chronic health condition management (eg for diabetes)

    ·       mental health and wellbeing support

    ·       smoking cessation support (quit smoking)

    ·       advance care planning

    ·       falls prevention

    ·       green prescriptions

    ·       breastfeeding support

    A GP will referral you to hospital or specialist services when needed.

  • Medical centres employ a range of highly qualified health professionals in addition to GPs (doctors). You can see a registered nurse, nurse prescriber, nurse practitioner, health improvement practitioner or health coach – the reception staff will be able to help you to decide who to see.