Recommended appointment
Book a Standard appointment for a routine vaccination or an immunisation review. Contact reception before attending to confirm vaccine availability. A complex catch-up plan may require more than one visit.
Protecting your health
Vaccination helps prevent serious infectious diseases throughout childhood and adulthood. Our practitioners can review your vaccination history, discuss recommended doses, assess eligibility for government-funded vaccines and arrange follow-up doses where required.
Recommendations vary by age, previous vaccines, pregnancy, health conditions and other risk factors. A vaccine may be recommended even if it is not funded for you.
If available, bring your Medicare card, past vaccination records, overseas records and details of any previous vaccine reactions.
Please check availability with reception first, particularly for catch-up courses and vaccines used less often.
Government funding
Under the National Immunisation Program (NIP), vaccines specified for eligible people are supplied without a vaccine charge. Access is generally linked to holding, or being eligible for, a Medicare card.
A free vaccine does not necessarily mean a free consultation. A consultation or administration charge may still apply. Eligibility depends on the particular vaccine and the patient's age or risk group.
Under the NIP, the Australian Government pays for eligible vaccine doses supplied through approved immunisation providers. NSW Health also distributes government-funded vaccines to participating providers. Your eligibility is assessed against each program, and the vaccine is supplied without a vaccine purchase charge when the rules are met.
Age-scheduled childhood immunisations.
School-age vaccines, including HPV and meningococcal programs.
Selected influenza, whooping cough and RSV vaccinations.
Selected influenza, shingles, pneumococcal and RSV vaccines.
Additional vaccines for specified health conditions.
Additional funded vaccines at designated ages and risk levels.
These are examples, not an exhaustive eligibility list. Confirm the exact conditions in the current schedule.
NSW-specific funding
NSW also supplies selected vaccines free to people who meet separate public health or risk-based criteria. These arrangements are in addition to routine NIP funding and do not apply to everyone.
See NSW-funded vaccines and exact eligibility →NSW-funded hepatitis B vaccination may be available to eligible priority groups, including some household and sexual contacts of people with hepatitis B, Aboriginal people and people with specified immune, health or exposure risks.
Other programs can cover certain post-exposure treatments and particular public-health circumstances. Requirements may include clinical criteria or authorisation from a public health unit.
Funding is not automatic for travel, employment or study. Your GP can check the relevant NSW program before vaccines are ordered.
Missed a dose?
If you missed childhood vaccinations, started a series late or cannot verify previous doses, your practitioner can plan a catch-up schedule.
Your GP reviews previous documented doses (including the Australian Immunisation Register), identifies which vaccines are missing, and plans the required number of doses and minimum spacing based on your age and medical risks. You generally do not need to restart a course just because a later dose was delayed. Some vaccines have strict upper age limits, so catch-up is not identical for every vaccine.
Eligible people younger than 20 can receive NIP-funded catch-up vaccinations for missed childhood doses. The range of funded vaccines differs between children under 10 and people aged 10–19.
HPV vaccination is funded under the NIP through age 25 (that is, for eligible people under 26), subject to program requirements.
Specified missed vaccines remain funded, including diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, polio, MMR, varicella and hepatitis B; HPV catch-up remains subject to the age-25 limit.
Catch-up vaccination may still be recommended, but not all doses are government-funded. Separate NSW or medical-risk eligibility may apply.
Official catch-up funding eligibility →
Australian Immunisation Handbook: catch-up schedules and dose intervals →
We review AIR information, available vaccination history, previous doses and your health circumstances.
Your practitioner confirms the recommended vaccines, clinical suitability, funding and any privately payable amounts.
After consent, vaccines are administered and recorded. We advise you about observation and any subsequent doses.
If you do not qualify for funding under the NIP, an additional Commonwealth program, or a NSW-funded program, the vaccine must generally be purchased privately. The practice’s applicable consultation and any administration fees may also apply. Please ask reception to confirm availability and your total expected charges before attending.
Our Fees page explains the practice's consultation charges. Vaccine purchase prices may vary by product and are not necessarily listed on that page; reception can advise on the relevant cost.
Your practitioner may recommend additional immunisations based on your medical history or exposure risks even when no government program covers the vaccine price. You can discuss benefits, alternatives and cost before proceeding.
Yes. Book a Standard (15-minute) consultation for a routine vaccination or to check which vaccines are due. Complex catch-up plans, multiple concerns or special medical circumstances may require additional time. Contact reception beforehand to confirm the required vaccine is available.
Vaccines listed on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) are supplied free to eligible patients at the recommended ages. Eligibility is linked to Medicare entitlement. A consultation or administration fee may still apply depending on the service and circumstances.
No. Each funded vaccine has specific criteria such as age, pregnancy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, medical risk factors or catch-up eligibility. Vaccines outside those criteria may need to be purchased privately.
The NIP covers scheduled childhood and adolescent vaccines and selected vaccines for pregnant people, older adults, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those with certain medical risk conditions. Vaccine names and eligibility can change: use the official NIP schedule linked above.
A catch-up schedule is an individual plan for doses missed or delayed. Your GP reviews your vaccination history, age and health circumstances, then works out which doses are required and the minimum intervals between them.
Eligible people under 20 may receive NIP-funded catch-up vaccines for missed childhood vaccinations; the funded antigens vary by age. HPV catch-up is funded through age 25. Refugees and humanitarian entrants aged 20 and over may receive specified catch-up vaccines, with HPV funded through age 25. Other NSW programs can also apply.
Yes, adults may benefit from catching up on missed doses. Whether the vaccines are government-funded depends on the specific program, vaccine and eligibility criteria; people outside a funded program may have to pay.
We can review available Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) records, previous medical records and overseas or school vaccination documents. Missing or uncertain records may require an individual catch-up plan.
NSW Health funds selected vaccinations for additional eligible groups, including some hepatitis B priority groups and specific exposure or risk-based programs. The exact criteria and ordering arrangements vary. Consult the NSW additional funded vaccines page linked above.
It may be funded under the NIP or NSW programs if you meet specific criteria. NSW has additional eligibility groups such as household or sexual contacts of hepatitis B cases and some people with certain health or exposure risks. Healthcare employment, study or travel alone does not automatically qualify for NSW-funded vaccine.
Many are, for defined groups under the NIP or NSW arrangements. Funding differs by age, pregnancy status, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status and medical risk. Check the current schedule and ask your GP to confirm eligibility.
Often yes, depending on which vaccines are required, your medical history and relevant immunisation guidance. Your clinician will discuss timing, safety and any follow-up doses.
Common effects include soreness at the injection site, tiredness or a mild fever. Serious allergic reactions are rare. Your clinician will discuss the relevant vaccine information, and patients are normally observed after vaccination. For severe symptoms seek urgent medical care.
Vaccination providers are required to report administered NIP and other relevant vaccines to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), subject to applicable reporting rules. You can usually access your immunisation history through Medicare online services or myGov.
You may be charged for the privately supplied vaccine as well as any applicable consultation or administration fee. Please discuss the total expected cost with reception before receiving a privately funded vaccine and see our Fees page for practice consultation fees.
Travel vaccines and personalised travel advice are covered by our Travel Vaccinations service. Vaccine availability, prescription requirements and costs differ from routine NIP vaccines. Please arrange a travel consultation in advance.
Book a Standard consultation for a routine vaccine or vaccine review. Contact reception first to check whether your required vaccine is stocked and whether government funding applies.
