Capital PHO

Capital PHO provides primary health care services to people living throughout Wellington’s suburbs from Seatoun through to Johnsonville and Newlands. Capital PHO is a not-for-profit charitable trust.

Approximately 155,000 people, or 93% of Wellington’s population are enrolled with one of Capital PHO’s 32 member practices. This includes over 9,000 Maori and over 5,000 Pacific peoples. The role of Capital PHO’s board is to oversee the setting of policy, provide direction to management and monitor progress and performance. The Board meet monthly and meetings are open to the public. Member of the Board include:

Dr Richard Tyler, Chair, general practice
Karen Coutts, Ngati Tama
Dr Rob McIlroy, general practice
Gowan Pickering, community
Mano’o Mulitalo, Pacific community
Dr Helen Rodenburg, general practice
Chris Renwick, Rauru Tetere
Peter Woodman-Aldridge, Maori Health Committee
Marion Blake, community representative
Melissa Simpson, primary care nursing

Capital PHO has also implemented the following services to respond to the needs of its community:

Employed outreach nurses and support workers to work with patients in the community who need additional support to access primary care
Provides free interpreter services for primary care visits
Provide free GP visits for high need and low income people who need urgent GP-level care
Provided cultural awareness training to primary care providers throughout our community
Provided a range of health promotion activities that are based on a “healthy lifestyle” theme
The PHO team work closely with a range of NGO providers, sharing planning and implementation of services responding to health and social service needs
Implemented Care Plus and Enhanced Care Plus for patients with complex health needs.

For more information please contact:

Berni Marra, Manager, Capital PHO
Phone: 801 7808
Web: http://www.capitalpho.org.nz