Ferrymead Medical Centre is a general practice at 10/2 Waterman Place in Ferrymead, Christchurch. The premises are open from 9am to 5pm, and the phone line is answered from 8.30am to 5pm. Outside those hours, calls go to an after-hours nurse triage service. Telephone consultations are offered, and the website lists Practice Plus for telephone consultations until 10pm on weekdays and 8am to 8pm on weekends and public holidays. Prescriptions can be requested online, and the website asks for three business days to process them. The practice asks people with flu-like symptoms or a fever to phone before coming in, and to do a rapid antigen test before entering the building. It also offers vaccination bookings by phone through the Healthline.
Customers are divided. Some say the staff are warm, competent and kind, and that the doctors and nurses provide superb care. Others mention long waits, sometimes up to an hour after a scheduled appointment, and unhelpful or rude receptionists. One long-term patient said they had left after about ten years. Pinnacle Sports Physicians, 0.6 km away, has 12 reviews at 3.9. Our pick in Ferrymead for care from a team with caring doctors and nurses, if you are prepared for wait times.