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Change of Ownership

After 7 eventful, challenging and rewarding years as Collingwood Health, Karl has decided it’s time to look for a new adventure and to have some well-deserved family time with his wife and four children. Dr Doug Smith will also be making the move to adventures new at the same time.

To this end, from 31 August 2019 Collingwood Health will become Hauora Health Centre, with the new team initially made up of Dr Nicola Munro and Registered Nurse Sarah Green and their families. They will be in contact with you directly in the coming days to explain their new model of care and the benefits it will provide.

Karl and Doug will be continuing with their usual appointments looking after all our patients until the end of the month. While they would love to be able to thank you all individually, we ask that you take this as an acknowledgement of the trust you have placed in us and a personal thank you from them for doing so.

Please be assured that your enrolment and entitlements remain unaffected and no action is required on your part. Contact details for the practice will remain unchanged.

As you will appreciate, this has been a very hard decision to make and this is a difficult time for Karl, our team and patients. We recognize that change can be stressful, and we want to reassure you that we are leaving you in very capable hands.

We’ve appreciated being entrusted with your healthcare needs and feel confident that Hauora Health will be able to continue to help you on your health care journey.

From all of us at Collingwood Health, we thank you for entrusting us with your healthcare, and we wish you all the best for the future.

Introducing the Hauora Health Centre team 

At the end of August, Collingwood Health will become the Hauora Health Centre and we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you as a patient. Hauora Health Centre is owned and operated by two Nelson-based families; the Greens and the Munros. Sarah Green will join the Practice as Business Owner and Senior Nurse, Nicola Munro will be our first GP with another GP due to join us shortly. You will see a few changes in the coming weeks as we bring some new ideas to General Practice and change things around a bit in the Practice. We are really excited to launch Hauora Health, and look forward to meeting you and helping you with your healthcare needs.
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