General Topics

More Than 13M Vaccine Doses Delivered

To date  more than 13 M vaccine doses have been delivered, about 50% by GP

The full progress report can be found here

DoH Strategic Information

The DoH have provided strategic information regarding the Vaccine Program including Operation COVID Shield Plan, Doherty Modelling and Horizons Allocations:

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DoH Information Updates

The Department of Health have released a number of updates for Providers:

General Updates

Provider Bulletin 2 August 2021

Provider Update 3 August 2021

Pfizer Updates

Pfizer Vaccine for Children Aged 12-15 Years

Pfizer Statement – COMIRNATY (BNT162b2 [mRNA]) COVID-19 Vaccine: risk of myocarditis and pericarditis

 

PCIG Notes 4 August 2021

Department of Health – Primary Health Care COVID-19 Response Teleconference 4 August 2021 – Meeting notes from Dr Maria Boulton

The Primary Care Implementation Group (PCIG) is an online meeting that includes most primary healthcare peak bodies. It is convened weekly by the Department of Health as part of the COVID-19 response. Dr Maria Boulton attends on behalf of the AGPA. Read more

More than 12m Vaccine Doses Administered

To date 12 M vaccine doses have been delivered, about 50% by GP

The full progress report can be found here

 

 

 

 

No Faults Vaccine Indemnity Scheme yet to be Finalised

30 June 2021  – Government  announces that under  40’s  can be vaccinated with AstraZeneca  vaccine and that the Government is introducing a no faults indemnity scheme for GPs to facilitate this

28 July 2021 – PCIG meeting Dr Maria Boulton, AGPA Director, requests an update on progress with this scheme.

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PCIG Notes 28 July

Department of Health – Primary Health Care COVID-19 Response Teleconference 28 July 2021 – Meeting notes from Dr Maria Boulton

The Primary Care Implementation Group (PCIG) is an online meeting that includes most primary healthcare peak bodies. It is convened weekly by the Department of Health as part of the COVID-19 response. Dr Maria Boulton attends on behalf of the AGPA.

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More than 11M Vaccine Doses Delivered

The latest data from the National Immunisation Register shows that over 11M doses have been delivered with over 180, 000 per day being achieved.

The full bulletin to 24 July is here

Opportunities to Join Vaccine Program Still Open

It is our understanding that EOI for Practices to join the vaccine roll out program is still open. This particularly the case for regional practices where there is locally limited access to vaccination sites or where Practices cater to large numbers of culturally linguistically or ethnically diverse patient lists.

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WorkSafe Victoria Expands List of Proclaimed Diseases

Lung cancer with silicosis and scleroderma with silicosis have now both been added to the proclaimed disease list.

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