MSOAP Indigenous Chronic Disease
Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease (MSOAP-ICD) is one of the programs under the Commonwealth government’s "Closing the Gap" Indigenous Chronic Disease (ICD) package.
Service delivery for this program commenced in 2010.
MSOAP-ICD expands on the existing MSOAP program by providing multidisciplinary team care. This includes support for medical specialists, GPs and allied health professionals for the management and treatment of chronic disease for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in rural and remote communities.
The MSOAP-ICD measure focuses on service delivery for the following chronic disease conditions:
- diabetes;
- cardiovascular;
- chronic respiratory ;
- chronic renal (kidney); and
- cancer.
Service delivery throughout NWQPHC:
Central West services visiting Jundah, Birdsville, Windorah, Bedourie, Boulia, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine and Blackall
- Diabetes Educator
- Dietitian
- Endocrinologist
- Podiatrist
- Dermatologist
- Physiotherapist
- Generalist Nurse
Contact the Central West office for dates
North West services visiting Camooweal, Dajarra, Urandangie, Cloncurry, Mornington Island, Doomadgee, Burketown, Normanton and Mount Isa
- Diabetes Educator
- Dietitian
- Podiatrist
- Respiratory Physician
- Exercise Physiology
- Dermatologist
- Generalist Nurse
Contact the North West office for dates
Useful Links:
- General Practice Queensland: MSOAP ICD
- The Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
- The National Partnership Agreement on Remote Service Delivery
Updated January 2012