Coquihalla Primary Care Clinic

We have developed the infrastructure to support health services where general practitioners, nurse practitioners, mental health services, nurses and additional medical professionals can work in a team-based care approach.

The clinic opened in September of 2023 and is positioned to be a provincial model for how health services can be provided in partnership with First Nations organizations.  The United Way of BC was instrumental in supporting the financial need during the CPCC creation in partnership with The Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund.  Now more than ever, community service organizations, including charities, non-profits and Indigenous governing bodies, play a key role in addressing complex social problems faced by many communities across Canada.  We are thankful that those agencies saw the same vision that we have, of healthy communities here locally.

The Merritt chapter of Rural and Remote Divisions of Family Practice was another agency who was a tremendous asset to support our vision.  They were key in recruitment and strategy to bring health professionals to Merritt and the opportunity to work with us.  The First Nations Health Authority and Interior Health Authority have also been key partners as we look towards supporting health professionals for our community members, and development of an expansion of the facility.  Interior Health agreed to place a Nurse Practitioner within the facility. The First Nations Health Authority has agreed to seed funding to support the expansion of the clinic which is currently under way.