ABOUT KATUNGUL

About Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services

At Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services, we strive to work in partnership with local health services to ensure all your specific medical, dental, social and emotional wellbeing needs are satisfied to a high standard. Katungul serves communities from Eden to Batemans Bay.

HISTORY OF KATUNGUL ABORIGINAL CORPORATION REGIONAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services (ACRH&CS) provides health care to the Koori people on the Far South Coast of New South Wales. It was first established when Ghuryungan, Markarling House and Narooma Community Centre – three Aboriginal communities – joined forces in 1993.

The aim of establishing Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services – a community-controlled organisation – was to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and provide culturally appropriate health care to the Koori people.

When the Narooma clinic opened its doors, the service was well received. Doctors were completely booked and Indigenous people were eager to seek treatment. The Koori people had access to their own primary health care service.

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services quickly expanded to meet growing demand, opening clinics in Batemans Bay and Bega. Outreach and specialist programs were also developed to serve surrounding areas and provide Aboriginal-specific health care.

BOARD MEMBERS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Katungul Board

Chair - James Allen

Deputy Chair - Anne Greenaway

Director - Angela Parsons

Director - Judith Norris

Director - Lynette Goodwin

Director Yvonne Stewart

Secretariat - Rebecca Eldridge

North Director - Vacant

South Director - Vacant

Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee

Board Representative - James Allen

Board Representative/Chair - Anne Greenaway

Chief Executive Officer - [Acting] David MacQueen

External Member - Christine McCauley

Finance & Performance Reporting Manager - Colin Shipard

Quality Improvement Compliance Manager - Kate Rotumah

External Member x2 - Vacant

Clinical Governance Committee

Board Representative - Lynette Goodwin

Board Representative - Yvonne Stewart

Chief Executive Officer - [Acting] David MacQueen

External Member/Chair - Dr Jenny Munro

General Practitioner [North] - Dr Christine Woolgar

Practice Manager - Cherie Russell

General Practitioner [South] - Vacant

Health Services Manager - Vacant

Registered Health Practitioner - Vacant

Quality Improvement Compliance Manager - Vacant

Please note: The confirmation of Aboriginality form is to be completed by Aboriginal persons seeking confirmation of Aboriginality by the Board of Katungul. The form is available via the drop down menu, under About Katungul. For more information please contact our People & Culture team at humanresources@katungul.org.au.

OUR VISION

For Aboriginal people to live healthy lives enriched by a strong living culture, dignity and justice and for Katungul’s work to be recognised as a driving force in achieving this.

OUR CORE PURPOSE

Provide holistic and culturally appropriate wellbeing services for and with Aboriginal communities.

“Aboriginal health” means not just the physical wellbeing of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural well-being of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total well-being of their Community. It is a whole of life view and includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life. (National Health & Medical Research Council Definition).

OUR CORE WILL BELIEFS

Koori Health in Koori Hands
Kinship
Sensitivity
Accountability

OUR BEHAVIOUR WILL DEMONSTRATE

Trust
Leadership
Respect
Professionalism
Commitment

OUR FOCUS AREAS AND OBJECTIVES

Leadership
Community
Workforce
Viability

KATUNGUL LOCATIONS

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services currently has three clinics that offer medical, dental and specialist services; one in Narooma, Bega and Batemans Bay. Outreach programs and specialist programs are still in place to aid the Koori people.