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Winter Wellness initiative supports immunisation and heart health

Last Updated: 17 June 2026

A new Winter Wellness initiative at Cashel Health Centre is helping higher-risk patients access immunisations and heart health checks in a single, free appointment.

The initiative offers free 15-minute nurse appointments for eligible patients, including Māori, Pacific Peoples, Southeast Asian patients, and people with a family history of heart attack, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, or stroke.

Each appointment offers a cardiovascular disease risk assessment (CVDRA), including a blood test, blood pressure check, and height and weight measurements, alongside a flu vaccination. Blood testing is completed on-site for patients with mobility challenges. Patients are then booked for a follow-up appointment with a health coach to discuss their results and receive practical advice on healthy lifestyle changes.

The practice wanted to make preventative heart health care more accessible for its patients.

“Our population is from a predominantly low socioeconomic background, so we wanted to pair CVDRA with something patients were already coming in for,” Registered Nurse, Melissa Sheridan, said.

Eligible patients were proactively contacted by text, and those attending also received a free winter wellness goodie bag with personal hygiene items.

Uptake has been strong, with the practice recording its highest flu immunisation uptake and reducing its overdue CVDRA population by 56%, with three weeks of the campaign still remaining.

‘We’ve had patients outside the funded group asking whether they could book and pay for a Winter Wellness check because they valued the concept so highly,” Practice Manager, Penny Case, said.

Pegasus Health supported Cashel Health Centre to deliver the initiative through funding for practice-led heart health projects and tailored guidance from Kaitūhono Manawa Ora – Heart Health Connector, Koral Fitzgerald.

The Winter Wellness initiative shows how innovative approaches to care can improve patient engagement, support preventative health, and help practices reach people who may benefit most from early support.

Melissa Cashel

Cashel Health Centre Registered Nurse, Melissa Sheridan