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Questions about your health
If you or your whānau are unwell, there are different ways you can get support.
Call 111 if it is an emergency
A medical emergency includes:
- chest pain or tightness
- difficulty breathing
- choking
- severe bleeding or bleeding that will not stop
- sudden weakness
- difficulty talking, fainting, or unconsciousness.
Call Healthline for free
If you need free health advice from professional healthcare providers you can call Heathline for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call Healthline free on 0800 611 116
Learn more about Heathline (internal link)
Call your usual doctor or healthcare provider
Call your family doctor for advice, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Vaccine advice
For advice about vaccines, cal the Vaccination Healthline, 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
Call the Vaccination Healthline free on 0800 28 29 26
Support for the Disability community
Call the Disability Helpline on 0800 11 12 13 or text 8988.
A person with experience or knowledge of disability will answer your call 8am to 8pm. After 8pm, calls are answered by a trained member of the Healthline team.
General Health New Zealand enquiries
General Health New Zealand enquiries can include:
- eligibility for publicly funded health services (external link)
- accessing health services
- how to navigate the website.
Email: customerservice@health.govt.nz
Phone: 0800 400 569
Post: Health New Zealand, PO Box 793, Wellington 6140
Contacting specific teams
Phone numbers and email addresses for specific Health New Zealand teams can be found on the Health New Zealand website.
Contacting screening teams
For general enquiries
For general enquiries about bowel, breast or cervical screening, email screening@health.govt.nz
Screening programme contacts
BreastScreen Aotearoa: 0800 270 200
National Cervical Screening Programme: 0800 729 729
National Bowel Screening Programme: 0800 924 432 or email info@bowelscreening.health.nz
Personal or health information requests
You have the right to request access to your personal or health information, and to change it if it is wrong.
Email hnzprivacy@health.govt.nz with your name, date of birth, contact details, and the details of the information you are looking for.
Website feedback
Let us know if you find issues on this website. This includes:
- functionality or tools that are difficult to use
- navigation problems
- content that is hard to understand
- content that is incorrect.
Email us at hnzweb@tewhatuora.govt.nz