Moorhouse Medical Centre is a busy general practice and Accident & Medical clinic at 3 Pilgrim Place, Sydenham, Christchurch, just off Moorhouse Avenue with onsite carparks. The clinic describes itself as community-focused despite its city location, with an experienced team aiming to provide health and medical services that meet the needs of everyone in the Christchurch community.
Moorhouse Medical is currently accepting new patient enrolments, with enrolled patients typically able to secure an appointment within one week, plus a discount at the clinic's Nurse-Led Walk-In Clinic for urgent treatment. Enrolling requires two forms of photo ID, and a first doctor's appointment must be booked as a 30-minute consultation at standard rates.
Alongside general practice, the clinic runs a walk-in Accident & Medical service open to everyone needing medical care — including people not enrolled with the practice, non-New Zealand residents, and visitors to Christchurch. Patients are assessed by a nurse on arrival and seen according to urgency, with no bookings taken for this service. The site also hosts a Travellers' Health Centre as a one-stop shop for vaccinations and travel health advice, alongside onsite pharmacy, physiotherapy, hand therapy, x-ray, and dental services.
Moorhouse Medical Centre sits at 3 Pilgrim Place in Sydenham, just off Moorhouse Avenue, with carparks available onsite. Despite being based centrally in Christchurch, the clinic describes its focus as community-oriented, run by an experienced team aiming to provide the level of care they'd want to receive themselves.
The practice operates as both a General Practice and an Accident & Medical Clinic, giving it a broader reach than a typical GP surgery — patients can be enrolled for ongoing general practice care, or drop in for accident and medical treatment without being registered at all.
Moorhouse Medical is currently open to new enrolments. Enrolled patients typically get an appointment within a week, and also receive a discount at the clinic's Nurse-Led Walk-In Clinic for urgent treatment. Enrolling is straightforward: bring two forms of photo ID and the practice can start the process. One detail worth knowing in advance — a first doctor's appointment must be booked as a 30-minute consultation, charged at the clinic's standard rates.
The clinic's Accident & Medical service is a genuine walk-in option, open to anyone who needs medical care for an accident or injury — including people not enrolled with the practice, non-New Zealand residents, and visitors to Christchurch. There's no ability to book ahead for this service; instead, a nurse assesses each patient on arrival and they're seen according to the urgency of their condition.
Moorhouse Medical also runs a Travellers' Health Centre, positioned as a one-stop shop for travel vaccinations and health advice ahead of an overseas trip. Beyond general practice and accident care, the site hosts a range of onsite services under one roof, including pharmacy, physiotherapy, hand therapy, x-ray, and dental care — useful for patients who'd rather not run between multiple locations for related appointments.
The broader GP and Services offering spans Family Health, Starting a Family, Immunisation, Minor Surgery, Nurse Clinics, a Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP), a Health Coach, Mental Health support, Diabetes care, Vaccinations, and Immigration Medical assessments.
The general practice team includes Eli Leckey, Emily Ross, Katie Sleeman, Neil Beumelburg, Nicolas Onyango, and Lucy Allison. The wider clinical team includes Health Coach Rhea Deacon; Nurse Prescribers Jacqui O'Connell, James Frost, and Jenny Marks; Nurse Practitioners Jaime Dow and Theresa Bathurst; and Health Improvement Practitioner Michelle Bray.
Moorhouse Medical Centre is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, for both the GP clinic and the Accident & Medical Clinic, and is closed on Saturday and Sunday. Appointments can be arranged by phone or in person, and existing patients can also book and manage care through the myindici patient portal.