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Trailblazing Dunedin practice brings complication of VLCA
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Trailblazing Dunedin practice brings complication of VLCA
Friday 15 September 2017, 01:43 PM

Mataora Health Centre practice manager Rachel Miller, receptionist Mau White and Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora general manager Shelley Kapua outside a former south Dunedin primary school being transformed into Te Kaika whanau ora hub
A new practice serving high-needs, Maori and Pasifika patients in south Dunedin will break new ground in providing low-cost medical, physiotherapy and dental services with help from University of Otago staff and students. It also brings the vagaries associated with the VLCA funding stream and potential problems for its neighbours. Liane Topham-Kindley reports
A new low-cost general practice, in planning for three years, opens in Dunedin next month amid trepidation from neighbouring practices.
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