Health Screening

Health Services for refugees and asylum seekers

All publicly provided health services are available to people from refugee backgrounds. There are some specific services which are outlined by region. To view contact details of Health Services for refugees and asylum seekers in your region click on the list below:

Auckland	Hamilton
Palmerston North	Wellington
Nelson	Christchurch
Dunedin

Auckland

Refugee Health Clinic at Mangere Refugee Reception Centre

For Quota refugees and Refugee Status Seekers (Asylum Seekers)

Mangere Refugee Reception Centre
251 Massey Road, Mangere
Phone (09) 276 6719

Refugee Status seekers (Asylum Seekers) – by appointment only

The Auckland Regional Public Health Service Refugee Health Clinic at Mangere Refugee Reception is the National Refugee Health Screening Centre in New Zealand. Guidelines on the management of refugee health in New Zealand

Screening Flow Chart (pdf 15kb)

ADHB Interpreting Service

Phone (09) 630 9943

Provides a 24-hour health interpreting service to Auckland District Health Board

and a provides for external services during normal business hours.

http://www.adhb.govt.nz/Sites-services/interpreting.htm

Auckland Refugees as Survivors Centre (ARAS)

Phone (09)270 0870

The Auckland Refugees as Survivors Centre provides a counselling service for the treatment and rehabilitation of survivors of torture and trauma.

Community Child Health and Disability Service (Central Auckland)

The Community Child Health & Disability Service has child development, disability, and health promotion services for pre-school and school age children and their families. The service provides Medical Officers, Public Health nurses, Social workers, Community health workers (including Refugee Community Health workers), Social workers in schools, Nutritionists, Speech and language therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and Visiting therapists Paediatric Disability support services are provided. The service has an open referral system.

The service has a Refugee Community Health Worker Team who provide assistance to families from refugee backgrounds in the Auckland region.

Contact details:

Community Child Health and Disability Service
Refugee Health Community worker team and services
Level 7 Cornwall Complex, Greenlane
Phone (09) 639 0202

Mental Health Services for refugees

Central Auckland

St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre provides a consultant psychiatrist
for clients from refugee backgrounds.

St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre
615 New North Rd
St Lukes
Phone (09) 8450940

The service provides psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment for clients from refugee backgrounds in the area served by the St Lukes Community Mental Health Centre only.

West Auckland

Community Mental Health Service, West
Waitakere Hospital

Mental Health services for refugees
Mental Health Clinician
Phone (09) 837 8837 x 6347

A Mental Health Clinician works with clients from refugee backgrounds who are referred to the Henderson Community Mental Health Centre. Support and consultancy is provided to Waitemata Mental Health services regarding refugee mental health issues.

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