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 roles
NWMPHN’s primary roles in the COVID-19 vaccine administration process are supporting general practices to become COVID-19 vaccine providers, and keeping primary care teams informed of changes to the COVID-19 vaccine program.
Vulnerable people’s homebound COVID-19 vaccination in-reach program
NWMPHN invites referrals from health care agencies and providers, general practices, and community health organisations within its catchment for in-reach visits to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to people who cannot leave their home. This includes people in residential aged care as well as in community settings.
Eligible people include those who are frail, or aged care residents, or living with a disability or a mental health condition which prevents them from leaving their home.
If you have a patient or know of someone in the community who cannot travel to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, please send a request using our online form.
The Vulnerable Peoples Homebound Vaccination Program is an Australian Government initiative.
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:
