Franz Josef
Health Clinic,
Surgery and Health Centre

Introducing This Section

Find out about services provided at the Franz Josef Health Clinic.

Telephone

Clinic	(03) 752-0700
Mobile	027 464-1192
Nurse's Phone	027 464-1192
EMERGENCY (24Hrs)	111

Franz Josef Clinic, situated on Franz Josef's Main Road, have now got their own dedicated webpage. Find out about popular services offered to locals and visitors to this beautiful region of the West Coast.

Introducing our Health Professionals

Welcome to Franz Josef

Rural Nurse Specialists

Mary Crooks is the new Rural Nurse Specialist for Franz Josef and is filling the year long vacancy of Jackie Cooper and John Dean at the Community Centre (next door to the Fire Station at the South end of town) Monday to Saturday, as per the Health Clinic roster (Note: A link to the roster is provided on the right section of this page).

John Dean	Jackie Cooper	Megan Collie

General Practitioner

Doctor Martin London has clinics here on Monday and Thursday mornings.

Dr Martin London

Ambulance Service

Run by St John volunteers

Our ambulance service is run by a great team of St John volunteers.

If you have any previous experience or are interested in joining the team, please contact Rosie,
Ph. (03) 752-0144.

Making an Appointment

Appointments are needed for clinic consultations. Please ring (03) 752-0700 to book.

As we are also involved with the 111 emergency service, appointment times may need to be changed at short notice.

Health Services

We are able to offer many of the services that you might expect from a General Practice.

Please note that the nearest pharmacy is Westland Pharmacy in Hokitika, ph. 0800 107455 to set up an account to send items by post or on bus to Franz Josef daily.

The nearest X-ray facility and Emergency Department is at Grey Base Hospital in Greymouth.

Enrolment

If you are staying in Franz Josef Glacier for any length of time, and you fit the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to enrol with the practice as a way of keeping your health care costs down. (eg. On a normal weekday a 15 min clinic visit costs $16 if enrolled here, $50 if you have a doctor elsewhere. There are extra charges at weekends and after hours.)

Franz Josef Clinics Rosters

Updated every month

• To view the full Franz Josef Clinic Roster for July 2010 please click here.

  [PDF document, 20 KB]

• To view the full Franz Josef Clinic Roster for June 2010 please click here.

  [PDF document, 15 KB]

Copies of the roster and charges can also be found at various notice boards around the township.

On alternate weekends (Friday evening to Wednesday morning) the on-call nurse will respond from Fox Glacier, to cover the Franz Josef nurse's days off.

Other Health Related Services

• We can refer to mental health care experts who can also help with alcohol and drug problems. They are based in Hokitika and visit weekly.
• For people enrolled with us, we can provide Nicotine Replacement Patches and weekly support, if you want to stop smoking.
• We can also provide low cost (or FREE if under 22 years old) condoms and other sexual health care for most people.
• Ferngrove Souvenir shop has a stock of over-the-counter medicines ph. (03) 752-0731
• Whilst we have no physiotherapy service - The Body Business can be booked (ph. (03) 0800 337722) at the Scenic Circle Hotel for therapeutic massage appointments.

Franz Josef Community Council Trust Health Reports

The latest report can also be read in our news section.

• January 2010 Report
  [PDF, 8 KB]
• July 2009 Report
  [PDF, 76 KB]
• June 2009 Report
  [PDF, 8 KB]
• March 2009 Report
  [PDF, 7 KB]
• January 2009 Report
  [PDF, 12 KB]
• December 2008 Report
  [PDF, 10 KB]
• October 2008 Report
  [PDF, 14 KB]
• September 2008 Report
  [PDF, 11 KB]