GENERAL PRACTICE - KEY MESSAGES

* General practice is up and running in Canterbury

* If patients need help please telephone or go to your usual general practice

* If your general practice is in the cordoned off area inner city please telephone your general practice for advice - a service will be available for you

* For all non urgent and routine matters, please call your general practice for advice on whether they have sufficient staff to attend to routine matters - this will vary from practice to practice

PHARMACIES - KEY MESSAGES

Most pharmacies in Canterbury will be operating as usual from Monday. All mall pharmacies are open, as are all rural pharmacies.

Patients who use a pharmacy in the CBD should ring their usual pharmacy if the CBD is closed to pedestrians. If any patients can't access the pharmacy, new prescriptions and requests for repeats can be faxed or rung through from their usual GP. New and repeat prescriptions can then be collected from the Urgent Pharmacy in Bealey Avenue.

If patients are unable to contact their regular pharmacy by telephone for repeats, they can get a seven day emergency supply of medicine from the Urgent Pharmacy in Bealey Avenue - for urgent medical supplies only.

Pharmacies in the cordoned off area of Kaiapoi will be operational for urgent medical supplies. Entry to the cordoned off area for urgent medical supplies will be permitted at the discretion of the police.

Please phone your pharmacy or the Urgent Pharmacy with any queries.

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