Green Prescription for Health Professionals

What is Green Prescription/ Rongoā Kākāriki?

A Green Prescription is a health professional's written advice to a patient to be physically active, as part of the patient's health management.

A Green Prescription provides support and motivation to increase physical activity levels. Sport Taranaki’s Green Prescription team supports being active to enhance physical, mental and social wellbeing.

This free service gives the guidance to get started - and get active, whether people are new to physical activity or or returning to it.

Referral Criteria

To be eligible for a Green Prescription your client must be:

  • 18 or over

  • Inactive (engaged in less than 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five or more days of the week)

  • Motivated to increase their physical activity

  • Medically stable

  • Able to engage in low to moderate physical activity

  • Have discussed and consented to receive support and share their information with Sport Taranaki, Taranaki District Health Board and the Ministry of Health.

Referral process

If from a medical centre with Best Practice

Please use e-referral process

If from a Medical Centre without Best Practice

Please email the referral through to Green Prescription email address: greenprescription@sporttaranaki.org.nz

Please include:

  • Full name 

  • Date of Birth

  • Full contact details – address, phone(s), email (if available) 

  • Ethnicity 

  • Brief medical history - noting in particular any past or present medical conditions including diabetic status, CVD, Mental health, Falls risk 


Other Health Professionals

  • Use online referral form

  •  If unable to access this please use Green Prescription pads. If you have run out of these please contact us to get more. info@sporttaranaki.org.nz

What happens with your referral?

  1. When your referral is received your patient will be assigned to a Green Prescription Advisor.

  2. Introductory information will be sent to your patient via text, email or letter. We aim to contact them within 10 days of referral.

  3. Consultation and support will be offered with phone calls, emails, text or face to face meetings over the next three to four months.

When the Green Prescription ends

  1. Rrescription renewals for ongoing support are available.

  2. A summary letter will be sent to you when your patient is discharged.

Health Group Manager

claire.white@sporttaranaki.org.nz

Phone: 027 653 3466