General news

We have bookings available for the COVID vaccine tomorrow-and the next few days- and encourage anyone in stage 1b (over the age of 70 or people with a chronic disease over the age of 50, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults 55 and over) who wants the vaccine to book in straight away.You can…

We are now asking patients over the age of 78 yo to ring and make an appointment for COVID-19 vaccination. In this last week there has been a lot of news about the AstraZeneca vaccination and the probable association with a rare side-effect, specifically ‘Thrombosis (clotting) with Thrombocytopenia (low platelets) Syndrome’, (or TTS). The rate…

The Flu season this year is very likely to be different to last years-that is the most likely prediction. Getting vaccinated should remain a priority. The best time to get vaccinated is in late April/early May as this will provide the best protection for most of the normal flu season The clinic previously advertised for…

We are continuing to vaccinate our older patients and wish to inform that we are now taking bookings at the clinic for all over the age of 78 years old. The news overnight regarding the change in policy for those under the age of 50 should not affect this group at all. (Instead of AstraZenica…

We continue to immunise our older patients and are presently working through our over 80 year olds. We have given over 300 shots now and have been pleased with the uptake. We understand that there is a long way to go and thankyou again for your patience. If you are 80 or over please ring…

We wish to announce that our first Flu Vaccination clinic will be on April 17th at the Foster Secondary School as a drive-through, similar to last year.(*) We will be open for bookings after 0900 tomorrow Thursday 1st April by ringing the clinic on 56822088. We are only taking bookings for this one day at…

*** We are now asking for all those over 80yo to ring and make an appointment for their COVID vaccinations at the medical centre.On the website health.gov.au there is a link to COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Checker which will quickly let you know which category you are in and where the nearest immunisation provider is. Foster…

Well, predictably, the start of this immensely complicated rollout has been difficult and delayed.   We wish to thankyou, readers, for not ringing and completely overwhelming our receptionists as happened to so many practices over the country this last week. Thankyou for your patience.  Patience will certainly be required this year; we have no doubt that eventually everyone will…

Message from the health department“We understand your staff are likely to receive lots of questions about the Covid 19 vaccine. We encourage you to refer them to the Covid-19 vaccine helpline on 1800 020 080 or by email at covidvaccineenquiries@health.gov.au

There is a lot of understandable interest in when the COVID-19 vaccinations will arrive for distribution locally and we are getting many enquiries at the Medical Centre. At this stage we have not been informed and, although we predict that this situation will change in the very near future, we ask for patience. Please try…