With tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases emerging every day and students returning to school the timing couldn’t be better. These adolescents are in the senior years of their schooling so it’s so vital to offer them the increased protection a booster vaccine provides …
This latest booster announcement for adolescents 16- to 17-year-olds is great news but it will add another layer of work for the nation’s GPs and general practice teams …
We are flat out delivering kid’s vaccines, which is more time intensive and complicated compared to adults, as well as boosters and taking care of our day-to-day patient case load. Some people avoided or delayed screenings and consults during the pandemic and others have had to delay elective surgery, so helping those people is also a high priority.
If we are to continue as the backbone of the vaccine rollout, we really need more support from the federal government.
Many practices are having enormous difficulty absorbing the cost of taking part in the rollout. We didn’t sign up to make money but at the end of the day we must make ends meet because no one benefits when a practice has to shut up shop …
With Omicron cases surging across the country – the time for action is now.
