East Care is an urgent care and medical centre at 260 Botany Road in Golflands, Howick, East Auckland. Its A&E clinic is open late every day, with the site giving 7am to 1am, seven days a week. It treats bumps, breaks, sprains and cuts, and provides ACC treatment and injury assessments. Non-urgent services include IV infusions and flu vaccinations. The centre has onsite A&E, a pharmacy and radiology, as well as nurse-led clinics and specialists. The site says the centre has served the Howick community since 1989.
Patients can drive in from Botany Road and park right outside the centre, and the front doors have wheelchair access and accessible parks. There is also parking at the back of the building, near the Specialists Centre. People who have written to the clinic describe kind, professional staff. One parent says the team went above and beyond to treat a child with a severe milk allergy, and another praises a gentle nurse who helped two young boys with a rapid antigen test. A patient also thanked the doctor on duty. For someone in East Auckland who needs urgent care after an injury, East Care is a practical place to go.