It was fantastic to see medical imaging provider Beyond Radiology announce that it will be expanding its South Island presence to become the radiology provider and an anchor tenant in the new Wānaka Health Precinct.

The Wānaka Health Precinct is delighted to have Beyond Radiology on board and excited that they will be making new medical imaging capability available locally. 

As a New Zealand owned, radiologist led business Beyond has recognised the incredible growth that we all know is happening in the Upper Clutha region and they can see how we lack access to important health services compared to the other New Zealand regions they work in.

Beyond Radiology currently operates five clinics across Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch and is about to open a sixth clinic in Tauranga. Its services include MRI, CT, Spect-CT, X-Ray, ultrasound, and mammography and is an approved affiliated provider for Southern Cross, NIB and ProCare.

Beyond prides itself on using leading edge technology. It installed the first and only EOS machine in New Zealand, enabling full-body imaging of standing or seated patients for weight bearing assessment of spinal, pelvic and lower limb alignment.

Beyond intends to make high tech imaging services available in Wānaka. They already have two lead radiologists in the region available to anchor the new facility – as well as a queue of other staff lining up to move here. I reckon their biggest problem will be keeping staff in their other clinics when they realise there’s an opportunity to live in our little slice of paradise. 

Attracting a range of new medical specialties to the area has always been an important objective for the Wānaka Health Precinct. We’re actively curating a thriving community of innovative health providers able to offer high quality care right here in our own community. Because, by advancing what is within our control – the establishment of new private medical services in Wānaka – we pave the way for future local public health delivery.

Beyond already works with Health New Zealand to deliver diagnostic imaging services for public patients elsewhere in New Zealand and would welcome the opportunity to deliver these services to the people of Wānaka and Upper Clutha should the opportunity arise.