|
Age |
Diseases |
Brand name |
|
Birth |
|
|
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2 months |
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b
- Pneumococcal
- Rotavirus
|
- Infanrix hexa
- Prevenar
- RotaTeq
|
|
4 months |
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b
- Pneumococcal
- Rotavirus
|
- Infanrix hexa
- Prevenar
- RotaTeq
|
|
6 months |
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b
- Pneumococcal
- Rotavirus
|
- Infanrix hexa
- Prevenar
- RotaTeq
|
|
12 months |
- Measles/mumps/rubella
- Haemophilus influenzae type b
- Meningococcal C
|
|
|
18 months |
|
|
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4 years |
- Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis/polio
- Measles/mumps/rubella
|
|
|
Year 7 Secondary School |
- Hepatitis B
- Chickenpox
- Human papillomavirus (girls only)
|
- HB VaxII Adult
- Varilrix
- Gardasil
|
|
Year 10 Secondary School |
- Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis
|
|
|
Non-immune women planning pregnancy or shortly after delivery |
|
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50 years |
|
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Over 50 years (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people) |
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Over 65 years |
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Budget changes to immunisation SIP
The $18.50 Service Incentive Payment (SIP), paid on the completion of each age section of a childs immunisation schedule, will be discontinued from October 2008. Eligible services given up to and including 30th September will receive the SIP as long as the notification is received by ACIR before the end December 2008. The Government claims that the pay cut for GPs is only around $1500 per year, and that this gives the Department great savings for little pain.
GP providers will continue to receive the Australian Childhood Immunisation register (ACIR) notification payment of $6.00 per immunisation encounter.
The PIP Service Outcomes Payment, available for practices that achieve 90% or greater coverage of children fully immunised for age, will continue.
MBS item numbers for immunisation services provide by practice nurses on behalf of GPs will continue (item 10993 @ $10.85 per service).
The Divisions Network funding for GPII support has not been affected by the Budget savings measures; 12 month contracts will be offered, as they have in previous years.
The Government will change the Maternity Immunisation Allowance (MIA) to encourage all parents to fully immunise their children before they start school. The MIS is currently paid for children 18-24 months who are fully immunised (or exempt). From 1 January 2009 the MIA will be paid in two instalments indexed twice yearly: the first instalment when the child is between 18-24 months, the second instalment when the child is aged between 4 years 3 months and 5 years.
The Department's Practice Incentives Section says, "Across Australia, the current immunisation rate of children between 12 months and 7 years of age is 90%. In addition to funding general practices to provide immunisation, the Government also funds States and Territories to provide vaccines in schools and community health centres. Under the Maternity Immunisation Allowance scheme the Government also provides incentives to parents once their children reach a certain immunisation status."