Awanui Labs Guidance on Allergy Testing: Choosing Wisely for Better Outcomes

Awanui Labs is updating its approach and guidance for referrers on allergy testing to promote clinically appropriate use, reduce harm from over testing, and support equitable access.

The focus is on using tests only where results will change management, avoid unnecessary restriction of well tolerated foods, and methods to fit a modern, automated laboratory environment.

Please take the time to read the guidance here and share with your teams.

Closure of Hastings Health Centre Collection Rooms

Our Hastings Health Centre Collection Rooms are now permanently closed. In late May we finished a building project to add extra bleeding rooms to our Maraekakaho Rd Hastings site. Please refer your patients to one of our other Hawkes Bay locations:

• Hastings – 114 Maraekakaho Rd
• Havelock North- Village Health Centre 33-35 Napier Rd
• Napier – 115 Vautier St
• Taradale- Gees Pharmacy 279 Gloucester Street

Opening hours are on our website here