GP Appointments
Health Improvement Practitioner
Kia ora,
I’m Fa’afetai, the Health Improvement Practitioner here at Mana Medical Centre. 
I’m a Porirua local and am excited to serve in my home community once again. I have 15 years’ experience as a social worker having worked in Youth and Family Development, Health and Mental Health.
My role as Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) is to help with any aspect of a person’s wellbeing.
In a HIP appointment, I ask a few questions to get to know about your life, then we talk about what concerns you most on the day and work together to make a plan for something you want to try out to see if it helps.
My appointments take up to 30 minutes, and there is no cost! I can see people of all ages.
I am here on Monday, Thursday and Friday
There are usually appointments available on the day.
A health improvement practitioner is an extension to our team that provides help and support to patients with any problem that you or a family member has. Some areas that may concern you could be:
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Medical Conditions, Depression, Job or Relationship issues, School or Training Issues, Mental Health, Pain, Sleep, Parenting, Children’s Behaviour, Grief etc.
This service is free for our patients here at Mana Medical Centre and you can make it on the same day as you see your nurse or doctor, so ask your nurse, doctor or receptionist.
Monday, Thursday and Friday at the practice.