Dr. Colin Jones

Ngahere

General Practitioner

Director of The Hastings Health Centre

Teacher Trainee Interns Wellington School of Medicine

ACC Approved GP of Special Interest on Orthopaedics

HDC Crematorium Medical Referee

Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago Wellington

MB, Ch.B, Dip. OBst , Dip.Com. Em. Med

Colin has been practicing medicine for 35 years, including 25 years as a member of the Rescue Helicopter team. Having delivered many babies over the past 30 years, he has developed a strong family oriented practice, and has special interests in maternity care, family medicine, minor surgery orthopaedics, musculoskeletal and sports medicine.  Colin is also able to perform tongue tie release.

He is an ACC appointment GPSI in orthopaedics and takes referrals from other family doctors for assessments and practical procedures such as steroid injections.  he is the medical referee for the Hastings Crematorium.  He participates in training medicals students and house surgeons, hoping to encourage them into family medicine as a career.

When Colin is not at work, he enjoys spending time outdoors tramping and cycling.