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Dr Julian Foster away on leave until late July

Dr Foster is now away on leave for 6.5 weeks, returning to work on Wednesday 29 July | Rāapa te 29 o Hōngongoi. 

Information for patients of Dr Foster 

Appointments 

Locum cover for Dr Foster includes:

  • Dr Christopher Veal every Tuesday (as usual) 

  • Dr Kiri Renssen 24-26 June and 1-3 July 

If you need to be seen while Dr Foster is away, you can book in with one of the above locum GPs, with our Nurse Practitioner (NP), or with one of our other GPs if they are available. 


Prescriptions

You can continue to order prescriptions as usual; our other practitioners will be reviewing prescription requests and issuing prescriptions on behalf of Dr Foster. 


Test results

Two of our practitioners will be monitoring Dr Foster's inbox while he's away. As usual, we will contact you about any urgent results or results that need to be followed up on. There may be some delays in contacting you about results that require non-urgent follow-up. 


Messages for Dr Foster

Dr Foster will not be contactable while he is on leave. If you have a clinical query, please either get in touch with our nursing team to see if they can help you or otherwise book a GP or NP appointment.