Funding coverage

Funding will be prioritised for regional and urban GP clinics and pharmacies who are interested in outreach care to vulnerable cohorts in need and undertaking Quality Improvement activities to strengthen practice data quality via data cleansing, updating patient records and proactive patient recalls, ensuring that high-risk vulnerable populations people do not slip through the gaps and miss their vaccinations.

Funding is to be utilised to support time-limited activities.

Some examples to achieve this include:

• Employing administration staff dedicated to data cleansing, identifying those patients booked/not booked in without vaccination recorded and to review current appointment systems.
• Promote vaccination via SMS alerts, phone messages, posters, pamphlets and designated vaccination days in clinic for at risk and vulnerable groups.
• Staff training or up-skilling to support vaccination efforts.
• Eliminate barriers around staff becoming accredited immunisers by having a dedicated immunisation champion that can mentor and support newly accredited staff.
• Reasonable financial support to facilitate travel to homebound individuals and disability supported accommodation to provide vaccination services.

Funding cannot be utilised for:

• Activities under existing funding mechanisms, e.g. MBS and other funding avenues.
• Capital asset purchases (small asset purchases allowed, to a limit of $500 to conduct pop-up/outreach clinic).
• In-home vaccinations will only be provided where an individual is unable to attend a vaccine provider. There must be a genuine need, not just convenience.
• Funding for incentives, including gift-cards, vouchers, staff bonuses and cash-like products.
• Petrol or vehicle hire for general business not related to vaccine roll-out activities.