COVID-19 vaccines
Information for COVID-19 vaccine providers in our region.
How to stay up to date
COVID-19 vaccine providers and administrators should visit:
- the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care’s Advice for COVID-19 vaccine providers and administrators
- the Australian Immunisation Handbook: COVID-19.
We recommend also subscribing to:
- the Australian Government’s COVID-19 vaccines newsletter
- North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) general practice updates.
Our role
Primary health networks no longer onboard primary care sites to the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program (NCVP). NWMPHN does, however, keep primary care teams informed of changes to the program.
Changes to COVID-19 vaccine onboarding
From 2 January 2025, primary care service providers wishing to join, or rejoin, the NCVP will need to contact the Department of Health and Aged Care’s vaccine operations centre (VOC).
Previously, this process was handled by the Department’s vaccine access section.
For more information, contact the VOC at COVID19VaccineOperationsCentre@health.gov.au or 1800 318 208.
Basecamp for vaccine stock management
Practices needing additional vaccines, or which have a surplus, can post information on the NWMPHN Vaccine Requests Network Basecamp channel.
Participants must meet the vaccine transfer guidelines established by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.
If you wish to join our Basecamp channels, please email education@nwmphn.org.au
Contact for support
GPs and primary care providers can contact primarycare@nwmphn.org.au or call (03) 9347 1188.
Aged care providers can contact agedcaresupport@nwmphn.org.au or call (03) 9347 1188.
Resources
For decision making resources and more information refer to:
- the Victorian Department of Health’s clinical decision making guide
- the Liverpool tool for drug interactions
- RACGP resources including a prescribing workflow
- HealthPathways Melbourne
- Our example COVID treatment plan template available in .rtf, .docx and .pdf formats
- CAT4 recipes to find and recall high-risk patients including: