Integrated Team Care Program

The Integrated Team Care Program (ITC) aims to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with a chronic condition.  The care coordinator and outreach worker are here to support you to manage and understand your chronic condition. The supplementary services fund allows us to financially support you with specialist or allied health consults that are included in your Care Plan.

It also includes:

• Medical Aids
• Travel
• Radiology and Pathology
• Up to $250 for spectacles

Unfortunately, it does NOT include:

• Dental
• Surgeries
• Medication

Servicing the following areas:

• Woolgoolga
• Coffs Harbour
• Dorrigo
• Bellingen
• Nambucca Heads
• Bowraville
• Macksville

Eligibility criteria for Aboriginal Care Coordination ITC

To be eligible for care coordination under the program, and you are a client of Galambila AHS, you must:

• identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
• be receiving care for your chronic health condition at Galambila
• have a current Health Assessment and GP Chronic Care Management Plan (GPCCMP)
• have a written ITC referral from your doctor
• have at least one pre-existing chronic condition

To be eligible for care coordination under the program, and you are NOT a client of Galambila AHS, you must:

• identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and attend a mainstream general practice in the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen or Nambucca Valley region
• be receiving care for your chronic health condition at your medical practice
• have a current Health Assessment and GP Chronic Care Management Plan (GPCCMP)
• have a written ITC referral from your doctor
• have at least one pre-existing chronic condition
• sign the Consent to Release form and return to Galambila

What will the ITC services pay for?

• Specialist appointment/s
• Travel
• Accommodation
• Radiology and pathology
• Medical aids

Please note that while we understand some specialist services can be unpredictable with appointment times, we require at least 3 days notice of your appointment details for us to best support your journey.

Get in touch with the team today ITC@galambila.org.au

Useful links and resources:

• Integrated Team Care Program brochure for Galambila clients
• Integrated Team Care Program brochure for non-Galambila clients
• Department of Health, Disability and Ageing – If you would like further information about the program, please click on the link.  You will be taken to their website.