Patience, hope and dignity as primary care takes on a tricky hidden problem

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Patience, hope and dignity as primary care takes on a tricky hidden problem

Western Heights Health Centre team, Alastair McLean with nurses
Western Heights Health Centre’s Te Oho Mauri team – registered nurses (left to right) Anna Cooper, Allie Parker and Jo Marino with GP Alastair McLean

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 18 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, in which our journalists curate an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives throughout the year, The Conversation and other publications we share content with. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away.

From Alan Perrott: A PHO chief executive once told me the job was about creating models of care not business models. This is the stuff I think they meant.

Key points, Te Oho Mauri reaches out to whānau living in Western Heights, Rotorua, who are not connected with health services. The service is provided under con