What is CaTHC

Cape and Torres Health Commissioning Ltd (CaTHC) is a not-for-profit, community-controlled organisation. CaTHC has been established to be a vehicle to enable local communities in Cape York, Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area to influence the design and planning of local health services according to local needs.
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Help build healthier communities

We are seeking Community Leadership Groups (CLGs) from communities across Cape York, the Northern Peninsula Area and the Torres Strait Islands to take part in a two-year prototype program.
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What is Healthcare
commissioning

Healthcare commissioning is about planning and funding the delivery of health services that meet the needs of local communities and achieve agreed outcomes. Community-controlled commissioning allows the community to have greater control over the planning and funding of these health services.
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Our plan

Over the next 10 years, CaTHC and health service providers of the Torres and Cape will work in partnership to give communities in the Torres and Cape region more control over how health services are delivered so they better meet community needs.
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FAQ

Healthcare commissioning is the process undertaken to decide what publicly-funded health services to make available to a given population of people.

Healthcare services should reflect the needs of the people and communities they care for. Community controlled health commissioning ensures health commissioning decisions are guided by local communities.

We engage with local communities to plan for and fund the delivery of health services that truly reflect the needs and priorities of the people of our region.

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