Overview
The General Practice Tasmania Immunisation Program provides advocacy, representation and support for all Divisions of General Practice in Tasmania with the aim of increasing immunisation coverage rates and improving the quality of immunisation services.
At a program level the focus is on promoting the aims of the National Immunisation Program and the General Practice Immunisation Incentives Scheme (GPII), vaccine management (cold chain), data quality and management as well as improving immunisation rates amongst ‘hard to reach’ groups.
General Practice Immunisation Incentives Scheme (GPII)
The GPII Scheme aims to encourage at least 90% of practices to fully immunise 90% of children aged seven years and under attending their practice.
The GPII scheme is made up of the following components:
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An Outcomes Payment—paid to practices that achieve 90 per cent or greater proportions of full immunisation providing the practice attains 10 WPEs (Whole Patient Equivalents)
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Immunisation infrastructure funding—provides funding for Divisions of General Practice, state-based organisations and Immunisation Coordinators to improve the proportion of children who are immunised at local, state and national levels.
NB: As announced in the 2008-09 Budget, the GPII Service Incentive Payment (SIP) ceased from 1 October 2008.
Objectives
Activities of the GPII are to:
- provide support for the Tasmanian Divisions of General Practice to achieve the aims of the National Immunisation Program
- undertake activities aimed at increasing childhood immunisation rates through stakeholder engagement, strategies targeting hard-to-reach populations and continuing networking events for Tasmanian Divisions program staff
- provide continued enhancement of relationships with all stakeholders involved in immunisation service provision
- advocacy at a state and national level on immunisation issues relevant to Tasmanian Divisions of General Practice
Partners
General Practice Tasmania has partnerships with the following organisations in the National Immunisation Program:
- Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA)
- The Australian General Practice Network (AGPN)
- Other State Based Organisations (SBOs)
- Divisions of General Practice across Australia
- Tasmanian State Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Medicare Australia (Australian Childhood Immunisation Register - ACIR)
- University of Tasmania
Achievements
Achievements within the National Immunisation Program include:
- Development of resources to support Divisions of General Practice in Tasmania, in collaboration with Divisions and DHHS including:
- 'Tasmanian Information and Resource Kit’ - delivered to all practices and councils in Tasmania
- Immunisation Schedule
- ‘Pre-vaccination checklist’ A4 information flyer
- ‘Multiple Administration Sites’ A4 information flyer
- ‘Commonly observed reactions to vaccines and what to do’ A4 information flyer
- ‘Immunisation saves lives’ posters, distributed to all practices, councils, child care centres, schools, migrant resource centres, DHHS, Centrelink and Medicare
- ‘4 year-old school ready’ flyer distributed to schools in Tasmania and adopted Nationally
- Regular meetings with the Divisions Immunisation Network
- Liaison with partners including the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Australian General Practice Network and Medicare Australia (ACIR)
Contact Officer(s)
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Name:
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Jane Harrison
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Program Officer
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Email:
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(03) 6220 6403
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(03) 6224 3384
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Name:
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Tessa Saunders
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Health Programs Coordinator
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Email:
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Phone:
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(03) 6220 6402
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0400 054 852
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(03) 6224 3384
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