About Us
A bit about Tima Health, and the team that makes it possible.
Mission Statement
“Tima Health aims to provide the best possible care for the people of our practice. In a welcoming and respectful environment, we seek to encourage good health and well-being.”
“Kia rato ai ngā manaakitanga ki te hunga tautoko i tēnei tākutatanga. Kia whakatairanga ake te whai oranga, whai hauora i roto i te whakaute me te whakahei o tēnei wāhi.”
(Maori Translation)
Our Story
Our Tima Health team has seen many positive changes over the years, the most recent being the merger with Dr. Robert Stubbs’s practice, The Nelson Health Centre in April 2017. We have combined the skills and experience of two small and friendly teams to offer an even more comprehensive service for our patients.
Tima Health works closely with the Nelson Bays PHO (Primary Health Organisation) to enable us to access a wide range of Primary Health Services.
We thrive on having a small, qualified team that can provide you with expert and personalised service.
Tima Health Doctors
Dr Sue Stubbs
Sue has been in Tima Health since 2002. She enjoys working with the practice team to care for their patients from all walks of life. Australian by birth, Sue obtained her medical degree at Sydney University in 1985. She has worked at various hospitals and practices in NSW before settling in to her own practice in Windsor, NSW. She worked there for 12 years with a special interest in GP obstetrics and woman’s health.
Sue was married to Sean (deceased 2021), a kiwi who wanted to come back to NZ. After travelling through NZ, they chose Nelson as a great place to live and raise their two daughters who are now grown up.
She is interested in the wider aspects of general practice and has an advisory role for ACC. Her other interests are music, and when she finds the time, gardening.
Dr Robert Hayes
Rob Irish by birth. He started his medical training in Scotland and fine-tuned his skills in New Zealand. After medical school training in Dundee, Rob joined the Royal Navy for seven years as a doctor. Rob completed his UK General Practice examination in 1996 and practiced in rural Argyll on the West Coast of Scotland for ten years.
Rob is married to Angela and they have two school-aged boys. Rob and family moved to New Zealand in 2006 and he has worked in Richmond-Nelson as a General Practitioner since then.
Rob completed his NZ General Practice training in 2011 and started working in Tima Health at that time. His clinical interests include end of life care and he started working at the Nelson Tasman Hospice in 2011. Rob enjoys General Practice and tries to balance evidence-based medicine while practising the caring art.
Dr Robert Stubbs
Dr Stubbs completed his training as a doctor in 1986 in Sheffield, England and worked in the UK for 12 years as a rural GP before moving to New Zealand in 2001. He has been a GP now since 1991.
He is married to Tamsin who provides a counselling service for couples and individuals. They have been married since 1986 and have 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren.
His passion is for local family medicine and being the best listener and an advocate for his friends and patients. His interests include children’s health, psychiatry, skin cancer, minor surgery and encouraging people to be the best they can be. After work he loves cars, motorbikes, cycling, kayaking and the outdoors.
