Aboriginal elders in Western Australia's South West fear they will lose access to some subsidised services after being expelled from the membership of the region's only Indigenous community health service.

The South West Aboriginal Medical Service (SWAMS) has sent expulsion notices to more than a dozen people.

The letter, seen by the ABC, accuses recipients of "hijacking" board meetings, "storming" SWAMS premises, inciting hostility within the community and speaking to the media without authorisation, among other things.

"This conduct has caused reputational, financial and operational harm to SWAMS and its ability to deliver essential health services to the Aboriginal community," board member and corporate secretary Ernie Hill wrote in the letter.

He said members had the right to appea

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