Updated NSW Immunisation Schedule

The NSW Immunisation Schedule and the NSW Immunisation Childhood Poster have been updated to make recommendations for influenza vaccination of children 6 months to less than 5 years of age more prominent. These are now available on the NSW Health Immunisation webpage.

Both of these resources are available to order from the Better Health Centre at no cost. If you would like to order hard copies to be delivered to your practice please complete the Immunisation Resource Order Form.

Distribution of pre-allocated influenza vaccine orders has now commenced, however you should only schedule vaccination clinics once vaccines have been received.

Please consider using active initiatives to improve vaccine uptake in National Immunisation Program (NIP) eligible cohorts particularly children aged 6 months to less than 5 years of age who have historically had lower coverage rates than other at risk groups. Using reminder/recall systems to send SMS messages or emails to parents of children in your practice would be beneficial to inform them of the opportunity to have their child vaccinated.

Further information on the NSW seasonal influenza vaccination program is available on the 2023 seasonal influenza vaccination information for immunisation providers webpage.