{"id":11587,"date":"2021-05-28T05:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T05:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11587"},"modified":"2021-05-28T05:31:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T05:31:52","slug":"more-gps-to-join-the-covid-19-vaccine-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/more-gps-to-join-the-covid-19-vaccine-rollout\/","title":{"rendered":"More GPs to join the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block-system-main block block-system\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<article id=\"node-147659\" class=\"node node-article clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden page-styles\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<span class=\"null1\">The role of General Practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to expand, with up to 900 additional general practices to come on board to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as part of a targeted expansion to ensure more points of presence are available across the country.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">Through an expression of interest (EOI) process, run in partnership with Primary Health Networks (PHNs), we\u2019re inviting general practices who are currently not participating in the rollout to apply.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">The Australian Government has worked closely with states, territories and PHNs, undertaking comprehensive modelling and analysis to identify projected COVID-19 vaccine gaps across Australia.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">These new practices will be brought into the program from mid-June to ensure equitable and timely access to COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 50 and above.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">More than 4,600 primary care vaccination sites joined the rollout between March and April 2021 \u2013 including approximately 4,400 general practices.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">Primary care, as the cornerstone of our health system, has played a critical role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout so far, with approximately two-thirds of all the vaccinations administered to date occurring within general practice.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">The PHNs will assist the coordination of a short EOI process within their regions, with interested general practices asked to provide details required to be on-boarded to the program.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"null1\">Beyond the general practices in regions initially targeted, the results of the EOI may be used to bring further practices on board as the rollout progresses and for a future ramp-up of the program later in the year as more vaccines become available.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The role of General Practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to expand, with up to 900 additional general practices to come on board to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as part of a targeted expansion to ensure more points of presence are available across the country. Through an expression of interest (EOI) process, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/more-gps-to-join-the-covid-19-vaccine-rollout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More GPs to join the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}