Wicksteed Medical Centre is a progressive group general practice that has continuously served the local community for over 50 years.
Opening in 1970, Wicksteed Medical Centre was the first purpose built group medical practice in Whanganui. Since that time we strived to remain up to date with all facets of primary health care to provide high quality, appropriate and accessible care that will meet the needs of all our patients.
Our dedicated team of Doctors, Nurses and administration staff have a wealth of experience and expertise. We are committed to providing quality care to all of our patients in a warm, friendly and comfortable environment.
Our Doctors are fully trained in general practice and family medicine. We believe in supporting you in managing your health within a caring and trusting relationship.
Our Beliefs
Our guiding belief is that achieving the best possible care and health outcome for the community we serve requires a lifelong commitment to maintaining professional standards through continuing education, audit of outcomes and development and refinement of the services we provide. We are proud of record consistently achieving and exceeding health targets set for primary health care by the Ministry of Health.
Cornerstone Accreditation is the benchmark for quality general practice in New Zealand. We hold both Foundation and Bronze level accreditations. Our practice team engage in continuous education, applying learning for the benefit of our patients.
We are part of the Whanganui Regional Health Network (WRHN)
Wicksteed Medical Centre is part of the Whanganui Regional Health Network (WRHN), If you chose to enrol with us, you will be eligible to receive fees subsided by the Ministry of Health. You can only be enrolled at one medical practice and you must meet the government eligibility criteria for enrolment, outlined below:
Whanganui Regional Health Network (WRHN), formerly known as Whanganui Regional Primary Health Organisation, was established in July 2003 and is registered as a charitable trust. There are 11 general practices under WRHN, situated within the city and also based in the rural communities (GP Fee Schedule). As of 1 January 2017 our enrolled population totalled 55,993; of which 15,884 are Maori and Pasifika and 11,206 are non-Maori/PI that lives in a Deprivation Five area, therefore 48% of the WRHN enrolled population have known inequalities in health due to ethnicity or socio-economic status.
As a Primary Health Organisation (PHO) it is our role to provide essential primary health care services to those people who are enrolled with us. PHOs bring together doctors, nurses and other health professionals in the community to support the health needs of their enrolled populations. When your doctor decided to join a PHO you would have signed a consent form and become an ‘enrolled PHO patient’. PHOs can now do more things to keep people healthy, by improving access to health services and connecting with people in the community who are missing out or have poor health. PHOs play a part in helping reduce acute demand pressure on hospitals, by better managing chronic conditions and proactively supporting high need populations.