How do New Zealand immigrants get medical services?

If you need medical help, and it is not an emergency, the first contact point is the general practitioner, which is also the most commonly needed medical service for New Zealand immigrants. A general practitioner is a well-trained doctor who can give you advice, recommend further examination or expert treatment when necessary, and provide services for you in the public health system or through private insurance.

If you need medicine, you can go to a drugstore to buy it, and sometimes you need to consult a pharmacist. Pharmacies can sell you some medicines, such as painkillers, but some medicines need to be prescribed by a general practitioner first.

If you need emergency medical help, please visit the emergency department of the local hospital, who will evaluate and treat patients with serious injuries or diseases.

Second, find a general practitioner.

There are more than 3,500 general practitioners in almost every city, township and suburb in New Zealand. To find a general practitioner, you can find it in the white pages under "registered doctors and medical centers" in the telephone book.

You can also check the Health Point website, which lists registered general practitioners by region. If you have just become a New Zealand immigrant, start looking for a general practitioner as soon as possible, so that when you want to see a doctor, you can apply for a subsidy.

Not all general practitioners will bring new patients to see a doctor, and it is customary to give priority to those who live or work locally.

Get a copy of your medical records from your home country so that you can give them to your general practitioner in New Zealand.

You can hire a male or female general practitioner and bring a companion.

If you need emergency treatment, you can use after-hours service. Even if you don't sign up for these services, you can use them, but you will pay a higher, unsubsidized price.

Three. emergency

You can call an ambulance if there is an emergency medical situation that requires emergency treatment. In New Zealand, the number to be dialed is 1 1 1.

In Wellington, the free ambulance service in Wellington is free. In other areas, even if you don't call an ambulance, you have to pay for it.

Or, you can go to the emergency room of the hospital, which is open 24 hours a day.

Further reading: application procedures for skilled immigrants in New Zealand

1. Submit an application for immigration intention to Immigration New Zealand.

Applicants should submit an application form for immigration intention to the Immigration Bureau. You need to meet the requirements of at least 100, and provide physical examination, notarization of no crime, English scores and points.

2. Immigration New Zealand evaluates your application for immigration intention.

The Immigration Bureau will take several weeks to evaluate the applications submitted for immigration intention, and those with higher scores will be allowed to submit immigration applications. For the first unsuccessful intention application, it will be ranked, and the second one will be selected for a period of 3 months. If the applicant is not selected, the Immigration Bureau will inform the applicant that the application for intention is invalid. The applicant has the right to resubmit a new application for intention.

3. Formally submit an immigration application to the Immigration Bureau.

If the applicant's intention application is successfully selected, the applicant will receive an invitation letter from the Immigration Bureau and then enter the formal application procedure for skilled immigrants. In this step, the applicant needs to submit a series of relevant documents such as passport and education.

4. The Immigration Bureau makes the final decision.

The Immigration Bureau will evaluate the applicant's application according to the government's immigration policy. If it can be determined that the applicant will succeed in New Zealand, and that the applicant belongs to the talents that New Zealand needs, and that the applicant's immigration will bring benefits to New Zealand, then the Immigration Bureau will approve the applicant's immigration application.