The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[lovetravellingoz]

When doses allow 1b to kick off, and for which much greater daily vaccination numbers will be required, mass vaccination sites are now being set up. Three such sites now announced and underway in Victoria are:

• Barwon Health will manage such a facility at the old Ford Factory in Geelong.
• Royal Melbourne Hospital will operate the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre site,
• St Vincent’s will oversee the Royal Exhibition Building site

Further vaccination centres, linked to the state’s community health organisations and hospitals and co-ordinated by the nine Local Public Health Units, will be opened as the AstraZeneca vaccine rolls out and the Commonwealth’s 1b phase launches.

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[lovetravellingoz]

Vic still ramping up. The Sunshine and Austin large sites are now most likely building up their throughput.

Given the daily vaccinations now being achieved, and with 30K of vaccinations now done by Day 19, the original 28 day target should comfortably be achieved.

 

[Pushka]

Vic still ramping up. The Sunshine and Austin large sites are now most likely building up their throughput.

Given the daily vaccinations now being achieved, and with 30K of vaccinations now done by Day 19, the original 28 day target should comfortably be achieved.

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Are the targets for each state listed anywhere?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Are the targets for each state listed anywhere?

I don't think so. It was just the original ABC story posted by HappyFlyerFamily which had put together some targets for many jurisdictions from multiple sources. There was no commonality and so some had it in terms of doses, some in terms of people, and some in terms of 3 or 4 weeks.


It is a moving feast of course and a key determinant is how many doses the Feds can supply each jurisdiction. Initially there were more doses than delivery capacity. I suspect that that will soon change for many jurisdictions where supply will limit vaccinations. But then when supply really ramps up, the challenge will probably switch back to having enough capacity to vaccinate enough people per day.

ie Vic will still need to increase to say 10 times 15 times the new daily throughput. (= GP Clinics come on line must many more mass vaccination sites still required to be commissioned. 2 opened this week and these were the first 2 large capacity sites. Many more to now progressively follow).

 

[Flying mermaid]

Is ABC correct in saying that NSW has already proceeded to 1b vaccinations?
“Healthcare workers rolled up their sleeves to receive the first jabs of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Vaccination Hub this morning.
The Hornsby Vaccination Hub is one the latest hospitals set up to provide vaccinations to people as part of phase 1b of the vaccine rollout.”

Canberra Health has announced they are starting 1B on the 22nd March. Ms FM falls into 1b, so I have been trying to find out the mechanism for booking an appointment but zero on their site. She is phoning her specialist and GP next week. You would fall under 1B as well - any info in your neck of the woods?

 

[Pushka]

Canberra Health has announced they are starting 1B on the 22nd March. Ms FM falls into 1b, so I have been trying to find out the mechanism for booking an appointment but zero on their site. She is phoning her specialist and GP next week. You would fall under 1B as well - any info in your neck of the woods?

Healthengine.com.au seems to be the booking mechanism and I only found this because I googled and found a news report saying they were surprised this engine had been chosen. But it’s how I book my GP appointments anyway. You can sign up for updates re vaccination.

Healthengine | Find and book healthcare providers

Find and book health appointments online, 24/7. View all available appointments in your local area and choose a time and place that suits you.

healthengine.com.au

Also make sure she has all the evidence required - my GP uploaded it to My Health last week. I’ve also printed out a copy of all the lab tests I have to do that has the clinical notes on it (diagnosis) but that’s probably redundant. I just don’t expect that everyone giving the vaccination will know what all the weird auto immune diseases are and so try to dismiss.

Is daughter on plaquenil or other DMARD as that seems to be part of the criteria.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Healthengine.com.au seems to be the booking mechanism and I only found this because I googled and found a news report saying they were surprised this engine had been chosen. But it’s how I book my GP appointments anyway. You can sign up for updates re vaccination.

Healthengine | Find and book healthcare providers

Find and book health appointments online, 24/7. View all available appointments in your local area and choose a time and place that suits you.

healthengine.com.au

Also make sure she has all the evidence required - my GP uploaded it to My Health last week. I’ve also printed out a copy of all the lab tests I have to do that has the clinical notes on it (diagnosis) but that’s probably redundant. I just don’t expect that everyone giving the vaccination will know what all the weird auto immune diseases are and so try to dismiss.

Is daughter on plaquenil or other DMARD as that seems to be part of the criteria.

Thanks for that info. She is on methotrexate plus immunoglobulin therapy.

 

[Pushka]

Thanks for that info. She is on methotrexate plus immunoglobulin therapy.

A 'like' isn't appropriate but that will certainly qualify then.

 

[Flying mermaid]

A 'like' isn't appropriate but that will certainly qualify then.

Yes - will be good to know she is safe - you too. Have another friend with a kidney transplant so he should get done in 1b as well. Have given Ms FM the health engine link and she is going to register.

 

[ethernet]

Here is the IT failing. The doctor does not need to upload anything. A SQL query of the PBS would reveal people who are on serious medications, that self evidently would bump you up and flag you for special covid attention. Why unnecessarily waste a doctors time - uploading. I wont suggest a SQL query for the morbidly obese, as it would be nice to let these people take their chances, and besides, oncall medicos are more important. There will be oversights and edge cases of upmost priority, and if you don't plan for it now.... more snap border closures.

 

[Pushka]

Here is the IT failing. The doctor does not need to upload anything. A SQL query of the PBS would reveal people who are on serious medications, that self evidently would bump you up and flag you for special covid attention. Why unnecessarily waste a doctors time - uploading. I wont suggest a SQL query for the morbidly obese, as it would be nice to let these people take their chances, and besides, oncall medicos are more important. There will be oversights and edge cases of upmost priority, and if you don't plan for it now.... more snap border closures.

In reality it took her one click and it was all done. She simply loaded up her notes that she is required to keep anyway. PBS scripts already there obviously.

 

[ethernet]

In reality it took her one click and it was all done. She simply loaded up her notes that she is required to keep anyway. PBS scripts already there obviously.

Yes, but there could be 25 Million clicks, plus the clicks to pull up the file. Now imagine we then did a sort by postcode, then efficiently knew how many does were needed - to sort out most efficient delivery. Then get their numbers on a priority list, given to the nearest vaccination centres. Instead they have outsourced the problem who then outsource to others. Wastage, and speed of delivery are not at the top of the list.
I would also add apes and tigers and minks at any local zoos for 'wasted' doses, or bottle dregs that could be combined. lots of people visit zoo's.

 

[Seat0B]

Yes, your son, my daughter and granddaughter being in UK it brings the need for travel to resume into sharp focus. I want the vaccine roll out to enable travel for family reunion at this point in time.

Me too. Son in UAE.

 

[RooFlyer]

Healthengine.com.au seems to be the booking mechanism and I only found this because I googled and found a news report saying they were surprised this engine had been chosen. But it’s how I book my GP appointments anyway. You can sign up for updates re vaccination.

My GP's practice - has about 12 doctors, plus travel clinic, plus small pathology room - doesn't come up on Health Engine. They use HotDoc. So I guess HE will 'refer' me to somewhere else.

So I'm another who is surprised that HE (?only?) was chosen. Or did they just set this up themselves?

 

[Pushka]

My GP's practice - has about 12 doctors, plus travel clinic, plus small pathology room - doesn't come up on Health Engine. They use HotDoc. So I guess HE will 'refer' me to somewhere else.

So I'm another who is surprised that HE (?only?) was chosen. Or did they just set this up themselves?

It hasn't been loaded up yet. I expect a big announcement sometime this week, otherwise no one can make a booking so come next Monday - crickets.

 

[Hillbilly64]

My GP's practice - has about 12 doctors, plus travel clinic, plus small pathology room - doesn't come up on Health Engine. They use HotDoc. So I guess HE will 'refer' me to somewhere else.

So I'm another who is surprised that HE (?only?) was chosen. Or did they just set this up themselves?

Would be interested to know. According to HE there is only one medical centre on the southern gold coast doing the vaccination. All the rest are northern gold coast. If that is genuinely the case it is very poorly organised.

 

[jakeseven7]

Would be interested to know. According to HE there is only one medical centre on the southern gold coast doing the vaccination. All the rest are northern gold coast. If that is genuinely the case it is very poorly organised.

Unless no clinic in southern GC tendered for it.... which seems odd.... In which case they may set up a mass vaccination clinic like we’ve seen in VIC.

 

[Flying mermaid]

It hasn't been loaded up yet. I expect a big announcement sometime this week, otherwise no one can make a booking so come next Monday - crickets.

Won’t you be able to book directly with your GP, with health engine only one avenue. The report in the Canberra Times said GPs would be going through their patients and identifying 1b candidates and contacting them to make an appointment. When I spoke to my GP in February she said they had no information as yet, but once they did they would be emailing people to make appointments as they did for the ‘flu injection, so I thought it was a multi pronged effort, with Heath Engine making appointments for the public health facilities and directing you to GPs, but GPs also handling their own appointments?

 

[Pushka]

Won’t you be able to book directly with your GP, with health engine only one avenue. The report in the Canberra Times said GPs would be going through their patients and identifying 1b candidates and contacting them to make an appointment. When I spoke to my GP in February she said they had no information as yet, but once they did they would be emailing people to make appointments as they did for the ‘flu injection, so I thought it was a multi pronged effort, with Heath Engine making appointments for the public health facilities and directing you to GPs, but GPs also handling their own appointments?

i have no idea. That's the thing. There hasn't been any announcement out there. I called my GP clinic yesterday, they told me to go to the nearest Public Hospital vaccination clinic! And that they weren't going to be doing any of them.

 

[Anna]

GPs would be going through their patients and identifying 1b candidates and contacting them to make an appointment

That's not a very helpful system for those people who are 1b for a reason other than health status! Honestly the vaccine rollout is such a schemozzle.