Dr Joshua Howe is listed at Upper Riccarton Medical Centre, a family general practice at 318 Riccarton Road in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. The practice is foundation standard accredited, its doctors are fellows of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, and it is a member of Pegasus Health. It is open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm.
The centre offers a wide range of general medical care, with an emphasis on continuity, so patients see the same team over time. Services listed include new patient consults, nurse consults and nurse-led phone consults, Depo Provera and IUD or Jadelle insertion and removal, blood tests, flu vaccines, full skin checks and referral letters. It offers travel advice and a limited range of travel vaccines, and it now gives COVID-19 vaccinations. Non-enrolled patients pay the fees as at 2026, for example $120 for a 30-minute new patient consult, and a full skin check costs $290 for non-enrolled patients as at 2026.
When the centre is closed, after-hours care is provided by Practice Plus, a telehealth GP service, or by the 24 Hour Surgery on Madras Street. Open Locally counts one other doctor's listing within a kilometre, PainRehab, about 0.6 km away.