About us

Our impact

Traditional healthcare commissioning is led by government agencies. CaTHC has been founded on the belief that the community should play a key role in decision making. Our ground-breaking community-controlled commissioning approach will ensure that health services are culturally appropriate and meet our community's needs and values.

Our approach

Community-Controlled: prioritise the voices and leadership of local communities in shaping healthcare services that meet their specific needs.

Population-based commissioning:
We adopt a population health approach, focusing on the health and well-being of entire communities rather than individual services or providers.

Collaboration and integration:
We work closely with healthcare providers, government agencies, and other stakeholders to foster collaboration and ensure integrated care across all healthcare settings.

Better Planning and Investment:
Our unique commissioning model is designed to make strategic investments that drive long-term health improvements and sustainable outcomes

Our commitment to quality

CaTHC has a strong and enduring commitment to achieving high quality and continuous quality improvement in every aspect of our business.

We are committed to consistently meeting the needs of our communities, our subcontracted service providers and our funders as well as remaining in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Part of knowing if we are achieving our goals is to hear from you – members of the Cape, Torres and NPA communities, community leaders, service providers and others with an interest in the work of CaTHC.

Your feedback is warmly welcomed, whether that feedback involves a complaint, a compliment, a suggestion or a comment.  Please feel free to use the email form on the Contact page of our website or simply email admin@cathc.org.au.  If you wish to remain anonymous when using the email form, enter “anonymous” in the name field.

For more information regarding how your feedback will be treated, refer to our policy on “Receiving external feedback”, linked here.

For more serious concerns, please refer to our “whistleblower” policy for additional information about lodging your concerns.

Thank you for your feedback.

Protecting your privacy

CaTHC is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and other relevant laws in relation to the management of personal information.

For more information on what information we collect and why and how it will be treated, please refer to our linked “Privacy policy”.

Healthcare services should be responsive to the needs that are important to the community. As a community controlled healthcare commissioning body for Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands we partner and engaging with the community to plan and fund the delivery of health services, that meet the needs and priorities of local communities.

CaTHC communities will have more control on where and how the services are commissioned in the region in all aspects of the commissioning approach, with accountability back to the community.
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