Immunisation
Media Release: 2012 school year brings benefits for immunisation
The 2012 school year marks the first year in which children need to be fully immunised for parents to receive the Family Tax Benefit Part A Supplement which is worth $726 per child. This new incentive comes into effect on July 1 2012. To read more click here.
Immunisation Program
Aims
The Central West Gippsland Division of General Practice aims to reduce the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease in Latrobe and the Baw Baw Shire by assisting general practice to provide optimal immunisation services.
The importance of general practice
General practitioners are one of the key groups able to improve Australia’s childhood immunisation levels as they have significant contact with the target group—children under the age of seven.
Each consultation is an opportunity to monitor a child’s immunisation status and provide immunisation services if required.
General Practitioners have contact with other significant groups from the community who require monitoring of their immunisation status. These people include immigrants, newly arrived refugees, Aborigine and Torres Strait Islanders and people wishing to travel overseas.
Strategies
- Provision of information on vaccines and government vaccination programs
- Education and training for GPs and practice nurses
- Assistance with reporting information to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR)
- Assistance with understanding ACIR reports and feedback
- Promotion of General Practice Immunisation Incentive (GPII) scheme
- Assistance with appropriate storage of vaccines
- Monitor immunisation coverage rates
