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Areas whose schemes include a medical centre (6)

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I believe the answer is:

plains

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'areas' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'schemes include a medical centre' is the wordplay.
'schemes' becomes 'plans' (I've seen this in another clue).
'include' is an insertion indicator.
'centre' indicates the central letters.
The central letter of 'medical' is 'i'.
'plans' enclosing 'i' is 'PLAINS'.

'whose' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for plains that I've seen before include "Extensive tracts of level open land" , "Flats" , "Grasslands" , "Large areas of flat lands" , "Spinal (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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