Ora Toa Takapūwāhia Medical Centre is a community medical centre in the old Porirua Museum building on Te Hiko Street, Takapūwāhia, Porirua. The building has wheelchair access right at the front. The website lists this centre alongside other Ora Toa sites in Porirua. It notes that the Cannons Creek site is closed for new registrations, and that the Waitangirua centre, in the old pharmacy building on Warspite Avenue, is at capacity and not accepting new enrolments. We hear that enrolment at other sites is restricted, so check before you go.
Visitors say the staff are caring and professional. One describes a nurse who explained every step and made an anxious older patient feel relaxed. Others are unhappy. One complains about the reception service on a Tuesday near closing time, and another says a wait of several months for an appointment was too long. The website gives urgent care options for the area: Kenepuru Accident and Medical Centre at Kenepuru Hospital, phone 04 918 2300, is open 24 hours, and anyone in an emergency should call 111. For someone in Takapūwāhia who needs a GP, it is a local option, but the wait times are a concern for some.