Ground floor, Ilam Health Building, 110 Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch : Ph 03 351 6198 :
We acknowledge the frustration that our patients are experiencing with accessing information about the Covid vaccine rollout in Canterbury. It is a complex issue. The short turn around times due to super cold freezer space and supply chain logistics make it difficult to manage.
Currently we do not have enough information from the Ministry of Health to be in a position to decide if we can offer the vaccine at our practice.
The information provided below is all we can offer our patients at this time
13th May 21 from Canterbury Primary Response Group to all General practices in Canterbury:
“The Ministry of Health has confirmed again this week that they expect general practice and community pharmacy to be involved in the vaccine delivery, however this needs to be in a safe and measured way. Vaccine supplies in NZ are constrained until the end of June, requiring calculated planning and a phasing of the roll out programme to match supply.
Come July when the MoH expects to take delivery of larger stocks, vaccine delivery across primary care is expected to grow slowly with broader involvement continuing to match vaccine availability. This is expected to speed up as we start vaccinating Groups 3 and 4.
As plans are finalised, and timings confirmed, we will be working with the Canterbury DHB Communications team to provide information for the public regarding when they can access vaccination in Canterbury, and how they can book a vaccination appointment. We will also let general practice teams know when we need you to alert your enrolled populations.”
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As per MOH guidelines, we were only authorised to vaccinate our over 65 year old population up until 16th May 2021.
All other patients are able to be vaccinated from 17th May. Please call reception to book your time in one of our morning or afternoon clinics. For those people who are not eligible to receive a funded vaccine the cost will be $25.00
You can have your annual flu shot and your COVID-19 vaccination, but not at the same time.
Get your COVID-19 vaccination first if you have an appointment booked for it.
If you do not have an appointment booked for a COVID-19 vaccination, get your flu shot first.
Leave a gap of two weeks between the COVID-19 vaccine and flu vaccine.
If you would like to access more information about the flu vaccine please visit the “fight Flu” website https://www.fightflu.co.nz/
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Please call reception to book for weekday clinics 3516 198.
The annual Flu vaccination clinic will run on Saturday 17th April 2021:
There is NO NEED to book for this clinic – please come down within the hour that relates to your surname as listed below:
Patients with Surname A- F 8:00am – 9:00am
Patients with Surname G – M 9:00am – 10:00am
Patients with surname N- Z 10:00am – 11:00am
*Any patients who have been vaccinated for Covid 19 will need to wait for a minimum of 2 weeks after their second dose before they can receive the Flu vaccine.
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There will be three vaccines available this year –
The MOH has asked providers to focus on the 65+ group first.
We have been advised that the Flu vaccines for the over 65 year population are expected to be delivered to General practices in early April 2021. Vaccination of the over 65 population will begin from the middle of April. We will be running special Flu clinics during the week.
NOTE: Please do not ring to make an appointment until after the 1st of April as we will not take bookings until the vaccines are in the practice.
Vaccination of other high risk groups and the rest of the population will begin later in April.
We will post more information as it comes to hand.
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