The Terrace Medical Centre is a family-focused general practice in the heart of Wellington, run as a partnership of three dedicated general practitioners supported by a family-like team of friendly, professional staff. The centre continually assesses its ability to take on new patients and welcomes enquiries about enrolment.
Care covers standard treatments, long-term condition support, and a wide range of specialised services, from children's health and immunisations to sexual health, gender-affirming care, and travel medicine. Alongside GP-led consultations, the practice nurse team provides services such as cervical/HPV screening, spirometry, ear-suctioning and travel vaccine administration.
The Terrace Medical Centre is part of Tū Ora Compass Health, a Primary Health Organisation serving Wellington, Porirua, Wairarapa and Kāpiti, and is Cornerstone Accredited under a programme run by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. Patients can also access same-day virtual GP appointments outside normal opening hours through Practice Plus, and manage bookings and prescriptions through the secure Well patient portal.
The practice is located at Level 1/50 The Terrace, Wellington, and aims to provide a safe and welcoming environment for all patients and their whānau.
Tucked into the heart of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, The Terrace Medical Centre is built around a simple idea: your hauora, and your whānau's hauora, comes first. Run as a partnership of three dedicated general practitioners, supported by a family-like team of friendly, professional staff, the practice offers a wide range of medical care from a single central location at Level 1/50 The Terrace.
The centre describes itself as family-focused, and that shows in the breadth of what's on offer — everything from children's health and immunisations through to pregnancy care in the first 14 weeks and beyond. As a general practice, standard treatments, advice and diagnostic testing sit alongside longer-term relationships: the team continually assesses its capacity to take on new patients, and anyone interested in enrolling is encouraged to check the Enrolment & Fees page or call reception directly.
Beyond the basics, the practice's key services list runs long: mental health support, smoking cessation support, diabetes and other long-term condition care, osteoporosis treatment including Aclasta infusion, wellness checks and full medicals, heart health assessments, and treatment for accidents including suturing and dressings. Minor surgeries are also available in-house, covering things like mole removal and ingrown toenail procedures, alongside breast checks, prostate checks, ear suctioning, and wart treatment using liquid nitrogen.
Sexual health care is a notable part of the offering too, spanning STI testing, contraception, cervical screening and fertility checks — and travel advice and vaccinations round out the list, with patients asked to complete a pre-travel questionnaire ahead of their appointment.
Where many general practices stop, The Terrace Medical Centre goes further with a set of specialised GP and Nurse Practitioner services. These include initiating gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy (GA-HRT), vasectomies, contraceptive implant (Jadelle) insertion and removal, IUD removal, ingrown toenail surgery, PrEP prescribing and monitoring, medicals for Belgium visas, and weight management — the latter supported by Nurse Practitioner Jasper Nacilla, who holds SCOPE certification in obesity management from the World Obesity Federation. Many of these services follow a structured path: an initial consultation to assess suitability, sometimes with required blood tests, followed by a dedicated procedure appointment with a specific GP.
On the nursing side, the practice offers cervical/HPV screening, spirometry, ear-suctioning, and travel vaccine administration (excluding yellow fever), each requiring the relevant GP or Nurse Practitioner consultation first where applicable.
One of the more specialised offerings is a dedicated ADHD Assessment Clinic, run by Dr Christopher Veal on Thursday afternoons only. Assessments are limited to patients aged 18 to 55, with a defined set of exclusion criteria relating to current antipsychotic medication use, active pregnancy, neurocognitive impairment history, or uncontrolled cardiovascular disease. Patients must complete a packet of screening questionnaires before their appointment, and the assessment itself involves a review of those questionnaires, a look at medical and social history, blood tests, and sometimes an ECG. As the service isn't publicly funded, it carries a self-funded assessment fee, with a partial refund available if no diagnosis is made. Because appointment slots are limited, patients are added to a waitlist rather than booked immediately.
For enrolled patients, a number of services are fully funded, including an annual diabetes review with a practice nurse, cervical screening for eligible groups (including those overdue for screening, Māori and Pasifika patients aged 25–69, and CSC-holders), one annual GP/Nurse Practitioner appointment for rangatahi Māori aged 14–18, some appointments for long-term condition support, and 30-minute appointments with the practice's Health Improvement Practitioner.
The Terrace Medical Centre is open Monday to Friday, with reception phones staffed from 8am to 5pm; the practice is closed on weekends and all public holidays, with reduced hours over the Christmas and New Year period. For care outside these hours, patients can turn to Practice Plus for same-day virtual GP appointments, or head to the Wellington Accident & Urgent Medical Centre on Adelaide Road. Repeat prescriptions can be requested by phone or through the secure Well patient portal, keeping day-to-day admin simple for patients who are already enrolled.