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Cambridge Family Health welcomes Dr David Sar Shalom Abadi to our team - starting January 6th 2025

I was born in Caracas (Venezuela) and did my undergraduate studies in Medicine and Surgery there from 1997-2004. After graduating, I did one year of rural GP practice in Margarita Island and moved to Barcelona (Spain) in 2006 to carry out my postgraduate studies in Family and Community Medicine (General Practice) from 2007-2011. I worked there for 4 years before deciding to come to New Zealand with my partner in 2015 and became a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of GP's in 2021.We arrived...

We farewell Dr Jeremy Baker

It is with sadness that we farewell Dr Jeremy Baker. He has been a valued member of our team, and we will all miss working with him.Dr Jeremys patients will be cared for by current GPs and moved over to our new GP that is arriving in January....

Respiratory and Covid

We ask all our patients who are coming in with respiratory symptoms to please do a covid test before your appointment. You can collect a free RAT test from Comins Pharmacy in Cambridge or purchase from other pharmacies. If your test is positive, you will be asked to drive around the back of our building, phone us to let us know you are here and then wait for the GP. You will be seen in our designated covid room. If your test is negative, there is no need to ring us however, we do recommend ...

After hours urgent care clinic

As of Monday 29th April 2024 we will be offering an after hours urgent care clinic. This will be available between 5.00pm and 8.00pm Monday to Friday. This will be a walk in clinic for urgent medical care. No appointment is needed. We can see enrolled patients, casuals and visitors. After hours care fees will apply. ...

We are now enrolling new patients

As of Monday 19th February 2024, we are enrolling new patients. Please download our enrolment forms or collect from reception. ...

We farewell Dr Zainol

We are sad to announce that due to a change in her family commitments, Dr Azatul Zainol has left Cambridge Family Health. She was a valued member of our team and we will miss her. Her patients will be allocated to our other available GPs: Dr Tanya du Toit, Dr Christina Benson, Dr Dodie Baker and Dr Jeremy Baker....

The practice under the Covid protection framework: Red-Phase 2 Omicron

A) What is happening in New Zealand As the daily number of COVID cases is rising, we are moving to living with COVID in the community. From 16 February, all positive cases will be required to isolate for ten days from the date of their positive test, and all close contacts will be required to isolate for seven days from their contact with a positive case Rapid antigen testing (RAT) will become more readily available to allow critical workers to return to work if they remain well. We will provide...

Welcome to Cambridge Family Health, Dr Shama Padayachey

Originally hailing from South Africa, Dr Shama Padayachey arrived with her family in New Zealand in September 2020, and will start at our practice on February 15th. Dr Padayachey graduated University of Witwatersrand with her medical degree and soon after, realised that her passion in medicine was deeply rooted in family medicine. She has a special interest in chronic medical conditions, mental health and preventative health.She obtained her MCFP from the Colleges of Med...

We welcome new GP, Dr Christina Benson, to our practice

Originally from Scotland, Dr Benson completed her first degree in Physiology at the University of St Andrews and then went on to study Medicine at the University of Dundee graduating in 1999. In 2003 Dr Benson completed her GP training and gained membership to the Royal College of General Practitioners. She has since then continued to work as a GP both in the UK and New Zealand. Dr Benson, along with her family first came to New Zealand in 2007, until returning to the UK in 2011. In 20...

We farewell Dr Kit

We are sad to announce that Dr Kit has left our team to move to Auckland. He joined us in May 2021 and was a valued member of our staff. We will miss him. Dr Kit’s patients are now in the capable hands of  Dr Ioane and Dr Zainol....

Another GP joins our team as we welcome Dr Azatul Zainol

Hailing originally from Malaysia, Dr Zainol moved to New Zealand in 2004 and obtained her medical degree at the University of Otago. After working in various hospital specialties as a junior doctor, she embarked on her GP training and is currently working towards gaining Fellowship of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners She is married to a GP and is the proud mother of two beautiful children. She is proud to call Cambridge home after moving here with her family in 2018. She ha...

National Bowel Screening Programme - Key Information

Cambridge Family Health is proud to both support and promote the National Bowel Screening Programme. The programme is a free initiative to help detect bowel cancer at an early stage when it can often be successfully treated. Free screening is being offered every two years to people who are 60 to 74 years of age, who are eligible for publicly funded health care. If you are eligible, you will be sent: an invitation lettera consent forma free bowel screening test kit, with instructions on how ...

New Walk-In Service for Enrolled Patients

Cambridge Family Health is excited to announce that we are now offering a walk-in service for our enrolled patients, available from 9am to 3pm, Monday to Friday. Do note that this service is not available for WINZ forms or repeat prescriptions - it is intended for acute, urgent medical issues only. As with urgent appointments, walk-in patients will be triaged and reviewed by a nurse in the first instance. As always, if you exhibit symptoms of a respiratory illness, you will be asked to let us kn...

We've Moved!

We've moved! Our brand new facility is now open at 1913 Cambridge Road, Cambridge. We are still providing the same expertise and high levels of service - but within the complex we will very soon be joined by other providers such as a radiology, physiotherapy and pharmacy.You can still contact the clinic on 827 4234 to make an appointment. ...

The new Cambridge Family Health centre - opening 29 March!

Cambridge Family Health is proud to announce that our new facility will be open from Monday, 29 March! We will be working hard to make it a smooth transition and minimise the impact on our patients, however there will be some reduced services later in the month as we facilitate the move....

New facility build update - January 2021

As you may know by now, we’re gearing up for an exciting new facility to open in Autumn 2021.  The new Cambridge Family Health clinic is located at 1913 Cambridge Road, and like lots of the community, we’ve been looking forward to its construction milestones. Recently the team hosted a roof shout - as you can see, we were pretty happy about it!...

Manage My Health App: Have you Enrolled?

The ManageMyHealth Patient Portal enables you to review blood test results and order repeat prescriptions online.  To improve access to results and prescriptions, we’re proud to be able to offer the Manage My Health portal to all patients at Cambridge Family Health. Accessible via both web portal and mobile app, the service specialises in streamlining repeat prescriptions, plus giving you access to your own blood and some hospital test results. This essentially means that if you require a...

What is Continuity of Care, and Why does it Matter?

Continuity of care is something you might have heard us talk about at Cambridge Family Health, as one of the key things we pride ourselves on and strive hard to maintain. If you have had a serious or chronic condition you many be familiar with the term - but if you haven’t, here’s what we mean by continuity of care:  An ongoing therapeutic relationship between you and your healthcare provider whereby you see the same GP or GPs for your consultations and through this, build a continuous ...

Announcing the new facility for Cambridge Family Health in 2021

You may have seen recently on social media - or perhaps in person - that Cambridge Family Health is soon opening a brand new medical facility. Coming in Autumn 2021, the new centre will be located at 1913 Cambridge Road, Cambridge.  Designed to be bigger and include more features and facilities for the local community, the new site will feature plenty of parking, onsite pharmacy, radiology with X-ray and ultrasound, specialist dermatology nurses, visiting specialists and a procedure centre....

Script Reminder: Get in Now and Beat the Christmas Rush

Don't leave it until the last minute!Make an appointment for a doctor review and a repeat prescription if needed, or phone us and renew your medication in the next few weeks to avoid the rush on Christmas Eve....

More than Movember: Why Men’s Health is Important Every Month

We all hear plenty about Movember each year - and regularly see lots of people getting into the spirit and sporting moustaches for a few weeks.  A great way to bring awareness and action to men’s health issues, the Movember campaign has funded over 1,250 projects since 2003 that cover problems that affect men - such as mental health, suicide prevention, as well as prostate and testicular cancers. We’re coming to the end of the month, though - and here at Cambridge Family Health we want ...

Self-isolation: what you need to know

Who needs to self-isolate?When the clock strikes 12midnight on Sunday 15 March, the new restrictions on travel come into force, which mean that any arrival at the New Zealand border must go into self-isolation for 14 days, with the exception of people coming from the Pacific islands. Is anyone in isolation already?To date more than 10,000 people have registered for self-isolation in New Zealand with Healthline. Around two-thirds of those have completed the fortnight. Who are they? Those new...

COVID-19: why we need to flatten the curve

The measures introduced by the Government over the weekend may seem extreme, but they are necessary in order to try to prevent what has happened in Italy and China from occurring in New Zealand. Measures like these have been in place in Singapore and Taiwan for some time, and they have managed to successfully control the spread of the virus. These measures will hurt our economy in the short term, but they are less harmful to us than if an uncontrollable outbreak of COVID-19 were to occur. Flatte...

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak Advice

We would like to update our patients regarding the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation on the internet and through social media. We believe that the best way that we can help contain this outbreak is by being as well-informed as possible. Background information There are many different subtypes of the Coronavirus and they have been in existence for many years. What makes COVID-19 different is that it is a new form of the virus. The outbreak be...

November is Men's Health Month

November is Men's Health Month and we would like to encourage all our current male patients, and any male patients who are thinking about joining our practice to book in for a health check. If you would prefer to see a male doctor we now have two male GPs at our practice: Dr Tama Blaiklock and Dr Krishna Chatterjee.  We are open daily from 8.30am to 6pm. ...