Integrated Team Care (ITC)
The ITC Activity combines the former Care Coordination and Supplementary Services (CCSS) and Improving Indigenous Access to Mainstream Primary Care (IIAMPC) programs. The ITC recognises and builds on the success of both activities, and strengthens a team-based approach for the provision of coordinated, multidisciplinary care.
Key resources
![]() WA Integrated Team Care referral form [pdf] * |
![]() Integrated Team Care pamphlet [pdf] |
Referral into the ITC program requires the WA ITC referral form to be completed by a GP and forwarded to the appropriate ITC provider with the care plan for an Aboriginal person’s long-term condition. Health professionals can access more information on HealthPathways.
The aims of the ITC Activity are to:
- contribute to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic health conditions through better access to coordinated and multidisciplinary care; and
- contribute to closing the gap in life expectancy by improved access to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care services (including but not limited to general practice, allied health and specialists) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
ITC is provided by a team/teams of Indigenous Health Project Officers (IHPOs), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers (Outreach Workers) and Care Coordinators. The team works in their region to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to obtain primary health care as required, provide care coordination services to eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease/s who require coordinated, multidisciplinary care, and improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care.
Care Coordinators have access to the Supplementary Services funding pool for when they need to expedite a patient’s access to an urgent and essential allied health or specialist service (including certain approved medical aids), where the services are not otherwise available in a clinically acceptable timeframe. Supplementary Services can be used to fund the necessary local transport to access the service, where not publicly available.
Review the ITC Guidelines.
WAPHA currently funds the following service providers to deliver the ITC program in WA:
Country WA PHN
PHN/Region | Service Provider | Service | Contact |
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Great Southern | Amity Health Ltd. | Integrated Team Care | www.amityhealth.com.au 08 9842 2797 |
Wheatbelt | Amity Health Ltd. | Integrated Team Care | www.amityhealth.com.au 08 9842 2797 |
Kimberley | Boab Health Services | Integrated Team Care | www.boabhealth.com.au Broome office: 08 9192 7888 Kununurra office: 08 9168 2560 |
Midwest (North) | Carnarvon Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation (CMSAC) | Integrated Team Care | www.cmsac.com.au 08 9941 2499 |
Midwest (South) | Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) | Integrated Team Care | www.grams.asn.au 08 9956 6555 |
South West | GP Down South Limited | Integrated Team Care | www.gpdownsouth.com.au 08 9537 5500 |
Goldfields | Hope Community Services Inc. | Integrated Team Care | www.hopecommunityservices.org.au 08 9021 3069 |
Pilbara | Mawarnkarra Health Service Aboriginal Corporation | Integrated Team Care | 08 9182 0850 |
Wheatbelt (Coastal, Eastern, Western) | Wheatbelt GP Network | Integrated Team Care | www.wheatbelt.com.au 08 9621 4400 |
Perth North PHN
PHN/Region | Service Provider | Service | Contact |
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North East | 360 health + community | Integrated Team Care | www.360.org.au 1800 719 619 |
North West | Arche Health Ltd | Integrated Team Care | www.archehealth.com.au 08 9458 0505 |
Perth South PHN
PHN/Region | Service Provider | Service | Contact |
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South East | Arche Health Ltd | Integrated Team Care | www.archehealth.com.au 08 9458 0505 |
South West (Mandurah, Waroona, Murray (6213) | GP Down South Limited | Integrated Team Care | www.gpdownsouth.com.au 08 9537 5500 |
South West | Moorditj Koort (sub contracted by 360 health + community) | Integrated Team Care | www.moorditjkoort.com.au 08 6174 7000 |
If you are having difficulty contacting your local ITC provider, please contact the WAPHA Aboriginal Health team via aboriginalhealth@wapha.org.au