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6 | InTouch AUTUMN 2025 OUR PROUD NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH TELUS HEALTH The person who can have the biggest impact on your health and wellbeing is…well, you! But, with so much information available, it’s hard to know what is reliable or where to begin. FEATURE The Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand has a proud new partnership with TELUS Health and we have worked together to give you access to comprehensive, trusted wellbeing support within close reach. With highly qualified clinicians, they are well positioned and committed to providing a quality and timely service. Through this service, you have access to free, confidential coaching and support to help you be your best. This support can be accessed face-to-face, by telephone or virtually. To access the support is simple and completely confidential. The only way anyone is going to know you are taking advantage of this service is if you choose to tell them yourself. How to book a session: Simply call the freephone number and the dedicated wellbeing team member will ask you a few questions to facilitate this process. The questions will all be things you can answer. E.g. What is your name? Would you like to see someone face to face? Would you prefer a male or female? What are you wanting support with? Free Phone: 0800 360 364 Email: wellbeingsupport@telushealth.com (this is monitored during core business hours only). What are you entitled to: 3 sessions per year. Full, free access to the platform and the full suite of programmes (your family members may also access this at no cost). Some examples of areas where they can assist are: • General support for mental health • Managing stress and/or anxiety Introducing Telus Health • Support with challenging conversations or processing difficult news • General relationship issues • Guidance on parenting • Improving relationships and more. TELUS Health have a diverse group of clinicians and have expertise in supporting people who are: • Culturally and linguistically diverse • Vision impaired • Hearing/speech impaired • Living with a disability. In addition to the support through their clinicians, you can also access support through the platform for free. Nothing you download, complete or view is linked directly back to you. How to access the platform: