Local Health

What Local Health does

Local Health is a privately held, physician-owned network of four primary healthcare/general practice clinics operating across the Manawatū region of New Zealand. Originally founded in 2016 as The Feilding Health Care Group and rebranded to Local Health in 2025, the company serves approximately 30,000 enrolled patients through wholly-owned practice sub-brands: Feilding Health Care (founding practice), Ashhurst Health Care (opened 2022), Te Hā Health Care, and Palmerston North Awapuni Medical. The network is 100% owned and operated by its healthcare professionals, with no external parent or private equity backing.

The company's core offering is team-based primary healthcare delivery. It integrates GP services with on-site radiology, physiotherapy, mental health, and blood collection services under a unified operational model. Care is delivered by multidisciplinary teams of General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Paramedics, Clinical Assistants, and community health workers, supplemented by virtual care teams. Local Health does not develop proprietary technology platforms: no APIs, mobile applications, or digital products are documented, and there are no patents, trademarks, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed in the input data.

Local Health generates revenue through patient consultations and integrated service fees within New Zealand's mixed public-private healthcare funding model; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market operates on two parallel tracks: a sales-led motion recruiting GP practice owners considering succession, retirement, or reduced hours into the network, paired with a community-led motion emphasizing local ownership and continuity of care to attract both practitioners and patients. Distribution is exclusively direct, through its four physical practice locations in Feilding, Palmerston North, and Ashhurst, with no digital service-delivery channels and an explicit stance that national expansion is not planned.

Name

Local Health

Legal name

Local Health

Website

https://localhealth.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Local Health is a physician-owned network of four primary healthcare/general practice clinics serving approximately 30,000 patients across the Manawatū region of New Zealand, offering integrated GP, radiology, physiotherapy, mental health, and blood collection services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Healthcare Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Primary Care Practices (HLAFAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Primary Care for Underserved Populations (e.g., migrant, homeless, refugee clinics) (HLAFAGAN), Care Management & Care Coordination (Home & Community-Based) (HLAFAEAL)

Keywords

• Primary healthcare services
• General practice network
• Community health clinics
• Integrated care delivery
• Practice ownership transition

Headquarters

HQ city

Feilding

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Delivery: Local Health operates a network of primary healthcare practices providing GP services, integrated radiology, physiotherapy, mental health, and blood collection services. Revenue is generated through patient consultations and integrated healthcare service delivery across the Manawatū region.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Local Health operates a network of four locally owned and operated general practices across the Manawatū region of New Zealand, providing GP consultations and integrated services including radiology, physiotherapy, mental health, and blood collection. The organization delivers primary care through a team-based model combining GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Paramedics, clinical assistants, and community health workers, and supports GP practice owners with administration, succession, and retirement pathways while preserving continuity of care for enrolled patients.

Product overview

Local Health is a network of locally owned and operated primary healthcare/general practice services across the Manawatū region of New Zealand. The organization operates four practice sub-brands: Feilding Health Care (founding practice), Ashhurst Health Care (opened 2022), Te Hā Health Care, and Palmerston North Awapuni Medical. The practices provide integrated services including radiology, physiotherapy, mental health, and blood collection. Originally known as The Feilding Health Care Group, the company rebranded to Local Health in 2025 to better reflect its multi-practice structure serving approximately 30,000 patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Feilding Health Care Feilding Health Care is the founding primary healthcare/general practice of the Local Health network, located in Feilding, providing GP consultations and integrated services including radiology, physiotherapy, mental health, and blood collection to enrolled patients in the Manawatū region.
• Ashhurst Health Care Ashhurst Health Care is a primary healthcare/general practice in the Local Health network that opened in 2022 to serve the Ashhurst community after 15 years without a local doctor, providing enrolled patient GP and nurse practitioner services.
• Te Hā Health Care Te Hā Health Care is a primary healthcare/general practice within the Local Health network serving patients in the Manawatū region with GP consultations and integrated care services.
• Palmerston North Awapuni Medical Palmerston North Awapuni Medical is a primary healthcare/general practice in Palmerston North that joined the Local Health network, providing enrolled patient GP services under the physician-owned Local Health umbrella.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reopened primary care services to Ashhurst township after 15 years without a local doctor

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ashhurst Community TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Health partnered with the Ashhurst Community Trust to reopen Ashhurst Health Care in 2022 after the community was without a local doctor for 15 years. The partnership aligns with Local Health's community-focused mindset and understanding of the importance of tailored local healthcare approaches.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ProCare: Large Auckland-based PHO supporting general practices across the Auckland region. Comparable as a primary care network serving enrolled populations, though operating at significantly larger scale and in a different geography.
• Pegasus Health: Christchurch-based PHO supporting general practices and community health services in the Canterbury region. Comparable as a regional primary care network coordinating GP services across an enrolled population.
• Compass Health: Wellington-region PHO supporting general practice networks and community health services. Comparable to Local Health as a regional primary care backbone with similar GP practice support model.
• Green Cross Health: Large NZ-listed primary care and pharmacy network owning multiple general practices. Comparable to Local Health in operating model (multi-practice primary care) but materially larger and broader in scope including pharmacy and community health.

Direct peers

• Comprehensive Care: New Zealand primary care provider operating general practice networks. Comparable to Local Health as a multi-site GP operator with a focus on community-based primary care delivery.
• Tend Health: New Zealand primary care network operating multiple general practices with integrated digital tooling. Highly comparable to Local Health as both target GP succession and modernised primary care delivery, with Tend operating at greater national scale.
• Pinnacle Midlands Health Network: Primary Health Organisation (PHO) operating in the Midlands region of New Zealand. Directly comparable to Local Health as a network of GP practices serving a defined geographic population, with the added distinction of being run by Local Health's Chairman historically.
• Tamaki Health: New Zealand primary care and urgent care provider operating a multi-site network of general practices. Comparable to Local Health in delivering community-based primary care across multiple locations with a similar service mix.

Regional players

• East Health Trust: Auckland-based PHO serving east Auckland communities. Comparable as a regional primary care network model, though geographically distinct from Local Health's Manawatū catchment.

Emerging players

• Bettr: NZ-based virtual GP and primary care provider offering online consultations. Comparable to Local Health in addressing primary care access but differentiated by delivery model (virtual-first vs. clinic-based).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-health

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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