COVID-19 Vaccination & Resources

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Initiative 1: COVID- 19 Vaccination home visits and pop-up clinics.  

Open to: All Immunisers working in primary health care and general practices
Eligibility: Vulnerable people who have difficulty accessing COVID-19 Vaccinations 
 
To apply to be part of the COVID-19 Vaccination Primary Care Support Program, the following conditions apply:  

• Must be a COVID-19 Vaccinating site – or willing to apply to administer. 
• Site must assist with community involvement.  
• Commitment to reporting requirements.  

For further information please read the Program Information & Funding Guidelines details. 

 

Initiative 2: COVID-19 non-Medicare card holder vaccination 

Open to: Vaccinations administered by general practitioners, nurse practitioners and authorised nurse immunisers (subject to program approval)  
Eligibility: Non - Medicare card holders requiring a COVID-19 vaccination
 
The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care is funding WA Primary Health Alliance to reimburse general practices to support non-Medicare patients being vaccinated against COVID- 19.  
 
Practices can be reimbursed to the rebate value of the relevant MBS item number and reimbursement can be backdated to July 2023. 
 
To make a claim, complete the survey.
 
If you have any queries relating to COVID-19 initiatives offered by WAPHA, please email us at gpvaccination@wapha.org.au

 EOI Steps

Complete the program onboarding Expression of Interest (EOI) via our online Survey.
 

Step 1:	Review and Update your Supplier details in ASPIRE*
Step 2:	Complete the Expression of Interest (EOI) survey

 
*If your practice hasn’t registered in ASPIRE, please complete a NEW Supplier Registration. See information below -under Supplier Registration New/Update (ASPIRE) – Manuals & Support Tools

Activity	Date
Program Opens, accepting EOIs	May 2024- Nov 2024
Onboarded Practices undertake events in accordance with Program agreement	Reimbursements of events from 1 July 2023* - Nov 2024
EOIs Close	1 November 2024
All Event Summary Reports to be submitted (It is encouraged to submit event summary reports after each event)	Before 1 December 2024 to allow for invoice processing by 13 December 2024
Program Closes	31 December 2024

 

WAPHA uses an ERP platform called ‘ASPIRE’ to manage grant and program agreements and payments. Many general practices have already registered as a supplier and are only needing to update an existing supplier's details.

This manual will assist both new registration and updating of existing supplier details:

• ASPIRE Supplier Manual- New Registration and Update Existing 
• Register as a Supplier- click here if you are a new supplier

For further information on the COVID-19 Primary Care Vaccination Support Program, please see below frequently asked questions: 

• FAQs - COVID-19 Primary Care Vaccination Suppport Program

Resources for COVID-19 vaccination administrators. Immunisation providers are encouraged to print and utilise these resources to assist them in at vaccination sites. 

• Recommended COVID-19 vaccine doses (Poster) 
• Immunisation provider information and resources (External Site)  
• Adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) (External Site) 
• ATAGI clinical guidance for COVID-19 vaccine providers (External Site) 
• Resources for COVID-19 vaccine providers (External Site) 
• COVID-19 Vaccination provider communication kit - General Practice (External Site) 
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Vaccine Provider Resources (External Site) 
• Vaccination Eligibility Checker (Tool)

Approved vaccination sites can order COVID-19 vaccinations from the COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering System (CVAS)

For assistance with the COVID-19 Vaccine Ordering System (CVAS) please contact:  Vaccine Operations Centre (VOC) – 1800 316 375 covid19vaccineoperationscentre@health.gov.au

For further information and how to get access to COVID-19 Vaccinations please contact:  Practice Assist –1800 2 ASSIST (1800 2 277 478 or 08 6278 7900) practiceassist@wapha.org.au

Vaccination Storage 

Resources for vaccination storage for general practice and vaccine administrators. 

• COVID-19 Vaccine Stock Governance Guide (PDF) 
• Cold Chain Management (External Site) 
• National Vaccine Storage Guidelines 'Strive for 5' (External Site) 

Resources to assist General Practice with reporting requirements for COVID-19 Vaccinations.  

• Using the Australian Immunisation Register (External Site)
• Immunisation provider information and resources (External Site) 
• Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation medical exemption form (IM011) (External Site) 
• AIR Reports - Including AIR042A COVID-19 Vaccination Report (External Site) 
• Overseas Immunisations (External Site) 
• Adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) (External Site) 

Resources to assist General Practice with COVID-19 vaccinations & treatment.  

• COVID-19 information (External Site) 
• COVID-19 information for health professionals (External Site) 
• COVID-19 management guidelines for primary care providers (External Site) 
• Managing COVID-19 at home - Resources for patients and healthcare professionals (External Site) 
• Immunisation provider information and resources (External Site) 
• Adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) (External Site) 
• ATAGI Expanded Guidance on temporary medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines (External Site) 
• Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation medical exemption form (IM011) (External Site) 
• Process for GPs Accessing COVID-19 Disease Modifying Treatments in WA (Resource)  
• WA Department of Health Prioritisation of COVID-19 Medicines (Resource) 
• PHLN guidance on laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) (External Site) 
• Testing criteria for SARS-CoV-2 in Western Australia #42 (Resource) 
• COVID clinics, select private pathology collection centres and GP respiratory clinics (External Site) 
• COVID-19 vaccination – patient resources (External Site) 

Resources to assist Residential Care Facilities with the management of COVID-19.  

• COVID-19 Information for aged care and community care providers (External Site) 
• Consent for COVID-19 Vaccination for older people, incuding aged care residents, families and carers (Factsheet)
• Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for WA Residential Care Facilities (External Site) 
• COVID-19 advice for in-home aged care providers (External Site)  
• How prepared are you for a COVID-19 Outbreak (Resource)  
• Managing a COVID-19 outbreak in residential aged care (External Site) 
• Impact of COVID-19 on the risk of falling for older people (Resource) 
• Older Persons Advocacy Network - COVID-19 Resources WA (External Site) 
• COVID-19 information for health care and residential care workers (External site) 
• Planning checklist for COVID-19 vaccination (External site) 

Resources to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the management of COVID-19. 

• Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (External Site) 
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Vaccine Provider Resources (External Site) 
• National Indigenous Australians Agency COVID-19 Resources (External Site) 
• Healthy WA - COVID-19 Resources for Aboriginal People (External Site) 
• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - COVID-19 Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals (External Site) 

Resources to assist Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people with COVID-19.  

• WA Health - COVID-19 Translated Advice (External Site) 
• WA Health - COVID-19 Translated Information - Antiviral Treatments (External Site) 
• COVID-19 vaccination easy read resources (External Site) 
• COVID-19 Vaccination AUSLAN Videos (External Site) 

Resources for Patients to assist with the management of COVID-19.  

• Testing positive for COVID-19 (External Site) 
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Identifying the symptoms (External Site) 
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Healthy WA (External Site) 
• Department of Health and Aged Care - COVID-19 Vaccines (External Site) 
• Health Direct COVID-19 (call 1800 022 222) (External Site) 
• Health Direct Service Finder (External Site) 
• COVID-19 vaccination – patient resources (External Site) 
• COVID-19 vaccine - Healthy WA (External Site) 
• Managing COVID-19 at home - Resources for patients and healthcare professionals (External Site) 
• COVID-19 vaccines: FAQs - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (External Site) 
• Information for patients on acquiring proof of vaccination (External Site) 
• Information and advice for the community and businesses - WA Government (External Site) 

Resources to assist people with disability with COVID-19.  

• Vaccine booster advice for people with a disability (Factsheet)
• Vaccine advice for disability service providers (Factsheet)
• Vaccine booster advice for people with a disability (Easy read)