Health coaching

Health coaching is something that many healthcare practitioners have been doing for years as we go about our day-to-day work helping consumers get the best from their health no matter what their needs. With the increasing use of video conferencing platforms many health professionals are formally labelling their services as health coaching.

Meanwhile consumers are increasingly understanding that they have a proactive role to play in their own health. The range of options for getting personalised help across nutrition, exercise, sleep and many more are as varied as the people that are open to seeking extra help to reach their health goals.

We now know that preventative wellness is a more powerful approach compared with the current break/fix “sick care” system and the purpose of medicalcentre.co.nz is to raise awareness that there is an alternative approach to wellness that involves getting ahead of a problem before it manifests as a disease. Or, if a disease is present, how to manage it, or better, reverse it combining traditional wrap around care with lifestyle changes that are associated with proven results. Or, if someone has received a challenging diagnosis that they can find support to assist them make better decisions and navigate New Zealand’s often challenging healthcare system, especially for someone who is not medically trained.

Medicalcentre.co.nz is a resource for coaches to be discovered. We have partnered with PharmacyDirect.co.nz to support coach discovery and will be promoting the service and the coaches within it through PR and regular contact so that we support you develop and maintain a steady supply of consumers seeking extra help to stay well or navigate the health system. By supporting you we support the industry, and we support Kiwi’s getting better health outcomes. We also help the overburdened healthcare sector as we lower demand on acute services because of the proactive preventative wellness steps that we can guide people towards.

More than this, we will create a community of coaches who are connecting, sharing, learning and supporting the sector. We see this as an important value add that ensures that this sector gets everything it needs to become a standard part of New Zealand’s health care system. There is no reason we can’t be the healthiest nation on the planet, and this platform is just part of the jigsaw puzzle of our healthcare system and hopefully, over time, a significant catalyst for accessible proactive healthcare for all.

We would like to thank our partners like Tend, PreKure, Miyagi, The Independant Pharmacy Group, Pharmacy Direct and the coaches who have registered as independent service providers on the platform. With your support medicalcentre.co.nz will be able to achieve its goals of better health for Kiwi’s.

To register on medicalcentre.co.nz as a coach you will need to be registered with a professional body and or have gone through an accredited health coach course like the one offered by PreKure. By keeping this platform to high standards, we will build trust and ensure that Kiwi’s receive the health outcomes that they aspire to.