Introduction

Our Outpatient Department hosts a range of specialist consultants, from both the public and private sectors, who travel to Balclutha to provide regular specialist health clinics for our local community.

Service Offerings

We offer access to a wide variety of specialist services closer to home, helping reduce the need for people in the Clutha District to travel to access specialist care.

We house a wide range of both publicly funded and privately funded clinics on mainly monthly basis from our Outpatient Department. Referrals are accepted from other healthcare providers to these clinics.

The clinics that are provided at Clutha Health First are:

Public

  • Child Development Services
  • Continence Specialist
  • Diabetic Education
  • Diabetic Photography
  • Dietitian
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Geriatrics
  • Gynaecology and Obstetrics
  • High Risk Podiatry
  • Mobile Surgical Services
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Speech Language Therapy
  • Surgical
  • Women's Health

Private

  •  Audiology
  • Brief Intervention Mental Health Services
  • Ear Health – Including Cleaning and Hearing
  • Mole Map
  • Podiatry
  • Psychology

Access and Service Hours

Some outpatient services are free while others are self-funded; referrals may be made by health professionals or accepted as self-referrals for certain clinics.

Please contact Outpatients on 419 0570 or via email at outpatients@chf.co.nz for more information about accessing a specific service.