General practices are encouraged to take steps to improve childhood immunisation uptake.
In South Western Sydney, the overall childhood immunisation rate is still more than 90 per cent, however it has dropped below 95 per cent in a number of LGAs.
GPs are encouraged to review their clinical software to identify children who are overdue for immunisations and issue recalls.
To do this, you can use the 10A Report walkthrough available on the SWSPHN website.
POLAR is also a useful tool for general practice to identify children who are missing scheduled vaccines at a certain age in your practice. General practices can follow the POLAR Immunisation Walkthrough to identify patients aged one to two years old who may be missing their first dose of MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) and Meningococcal ACWY.
A wealth of information about the importance childhood immunisation is also available on the SWSPHN website.
Visit this page – Continuous Quality Improvement in Childhood Immunisation