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Pip Harpur will be starting out on Monday to Wednesday, 9 am – 4 pm, and two out of four Saturday mornings per month. She will plan to add Thursday to this around mid-year.

I will be stopping my Saturday morning clinic so that I can go to the beach and get a suntan while the weather is still good.

The Children’s Clinic will operate when either of us are in, but finish by 5 pm on weekdays.

Just a reminder to please not use the admin email (admin@hillviewmedical.co.nz) as no one checks the account and emails are auto deleted after a while. Also avoid using the doctor’s email for anything urgent (seng.loke@hillviewmedical.co.nz) as one of our staff will be checking this once a week and transferring onto the doctor’s task box.

Messages through our website are dealt with fastest as they appear directly in my task box. Emails to reception are usually processed daily.

From 1st April 2025, we will stop accepting cash payments at the front desk. You can pay using the EFTPOS machine or by online banking. If you really need to use cash, please see our clinic accountant Matt, who will set up a cash account for you.

Over the past year, many of you have expressed an interest in some of the new weight loss medications.

Trulicity was the first one available, but it is fairly weak with an average of 2 kg weight loss. Saxenda / Victoza are somewhat stronger, with about 4-6 kg expected weight loss over 6 months, and cost about $500 per month. The newer drugs like Ozempic have been licensed in NZ but are only available by import for a cost of $5000 per month, but the average weight loss can be up to 15-20 kg.

I am working together with our neighbouring pharmacy to bring in Rybelsus, which is the tablet version of Ozempic under Section 25 of the Medicines Act 1981. However, there are a lot of barriers and Medsafe has replied with a whole bunch of warnings and cautions. I am bringing in a trial batch to work out the logistics and if this is successful, will update you all.

I apologise as the website has been offline quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. There has been some instability caused by recent software updates from Microsoft. This has been sorted out, so things should be fairly stable now.

I am planning to put a small graphic on the front page showing our clinic providers and their average clinic waiting time.