Vaccination

Plunket nurses, pharmacists and staff in other, unspecified new roles are to play a significant role in boosting immunisation rates, says health minister Shane Reti  

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to the first pharmacist to complete the new vaccinator update whole-of-life course, which enables her to immunise infants

THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Service is continuing to monitor pertussis numbers following the release of Environmental Science and Research data showing 224 notified cases recorded since the start of the year.

Hutt Valley pharmacist Jessica Kim has become the first pharmacist whole-of-life vaccinator

The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, was disestablished at the end of last month.

THE WITHDRAWAL of free flu vaccines for all under-12s this winter has seen a 42 per cent reduction in children getting vaccinated to date, according to Te Whatu Ora statistics.

The rapid-response home-visiting team of Auckland outreach vaccination service, Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, will be disestablished at the end of this month

The withdrawal of free flu vaccines for all under-12s this winter has seen a 42 per cent reduction in children getting vaccinated to date, according to Te Whatu Ora statistics

Rory Nairn should have been told of the possibility of myocarditis as a side-effect of the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine by the pharmacist who administered it, says the HDC

Two Christchurch pharmacies and one in Blenheim have halted their vaccination services pending a Medsafe investigation