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are socially isolated and would benefit from a service under a particular community care program aimed at providing the person with more social contact, may be referred by the general practitioner to a VHC assessment agency (an agency under the Veterans' Home Care Program) for an assessment as to the suitability of the person for a social support service under that Program.

         Accordingly, two main treatments are provided under the program:

                 GP Care Leadership treatment
                 practice nurse/community nurse/  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care worker/care co‑ordination treatment

         An ancillary treatment under the program is:

                 GP referral for social support service assessment

         The main treatments relate to the oversight and co‑ordination of health care services under the entitled person's comprehensive care plan  and are in addition to existing treatments available to the entitled person under the Medicare Benefits Schedule and the Treatment Principles.

         The ancillary treatment may be provided by an approved provider of Veterans' Home Care services following a request for social support services from a VHC assessment agency.  The general practitioner will have decided the person is socially isolated and that a social support service might prevent the person from being admitted or re‑admitted to hospital.  The VHC assessment agency will assess the person's suitability for a social support service.

 6A.1A In this Part:

              accepted mental health condition means that the entitled person has a mental health condition for which the person is entitled to be provided with treatment under Part V of the Act on the basis that the condition is due to a war‑caused injury or war‑caused disease.

              Note:  The paragraph 1.4.1 definition of "war‑caused" includes a person with a DRCA disability.

              Note 2: A veteran or eligible ADF member who receives treatment for a mental health condition as a member of a class of persons specified in Part 2 of the Veterans' Entitlements (Expanded Access to Non‑Liability Health Care for Mental Health Treatment) Determination 2017 (Instrument 2017 No. R24), as in force from time to time; will not be eligible for the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program.

         6A.2 Treatments under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program

           6A.2.1 GP Care Leadership treatment/GP Home Care service (category C) Referral

    6A.2.2 A general practitioner may, under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, provide:
    (a) GP Care Leadership treatment; or
    (b) a GP Home Care service (category C) Referral; or
    (c) both (a) and (b);
    for an entitled person.

 6A.2.3  Practice Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment

               6A.2.4 A practice nurse may, under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, provide Practice Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment to an entitled person.

    6A.2.5 Community Nurse Care Co‑ordination treatment

               6A.2.6 A DVA‑contracted community nursing provider may, under the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program, provide Community Nurse