• November News Update

    Unable to make your appointment after all? Please phone us as soon as possible if you are unable to make your appointment or you no longer need it. With Doctor appointments in demand, if you can’t make the time slot you booked, we can use it for someone else so please let us know as

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  • October News Update

    Masterton Medical Welcomes Back Dr Karin Burcher Dr Burcher is back working part time following her recent Maternity leave. She has clinics at Masterton Medical onWednesdays and Friday Afternoons, and will be at Te Rangimarie Marae Clinic on Thursday mornings. She looks forward to providing medical care for her patients again. Karin also has a

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  • Hundreds farewell popular GP

    Hundreds farewell popular GP

    About 800 mourners gathered at Rathkeale College on Saturday to celebrate the life of the late Simon Prior, a popular Masterton doctor. Dr Prior, 58, died in Wellington Hospital on January 12 after a brief illness. A service was held for him on Saturday in the sanctuary of the Rathkeale Auditorium. Dr Prior, who had

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  • Centre of best practice

    Centre of best practice

    Masterton Medical has been described as an “exemplary practice” by the Royal New Zealand College of GPs. The general practice, one of the largest in the country with about 23,500 patients, was awarded Cornerstone accreditation by the college yesterday. Cornerstone is a voluntary programme which assesses a practice’s standards. Dr Jane O’Hallahan, interim CEO for

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  • Masterton GP moves ‘sideways’ in new job

    Masterton GP moves ‘sideways’ in new job

    Masterton doctor Richard McGrath, a stalwart of the medical community in Masterton for nearly 20 years, is stepping away from general practice to pursue a new career as a medical officer for drug and alcohol addiction. Mr McGrath moved to Wairarapa in 1993 and has worked as a GP ever since, starting at Masterton Medical

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