Moruya Medical Centre

Medical Students

The Moruya Medical Centre is a training facility affiliated with Australian National University. We host medical students at varying times throughout the year. If you do not want the student to be present at your consult please let your doctor know.

Influenza & Coronavirus 

NSW Health provides regular updates regarding Influenza & Coronavirus.

However the following information may be useful.

ATAGI advice on administering seasonal influenza vaccines in 2023 

Updated advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the administration of 2022 seasonal influenza vaccines is available on the Department's website: Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI)    

Key points

• Influenza vaccine and a dose of COVID-19 vaccine can be administered on the same day
• Further information is available about the COVID-19 vaccination program
• Influenza vaccination is recommended prior to international travel

Eligibility for free influenza vaccine

The influenza vaccine is free under the National Immunisation Program for:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and over
• Children aged 6 months to under 5 years
• Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
• People aged 65 years or over.
• People aged 6 months or over who have medical conditions that mean they have a higher risk of getting serious disease:
  • cardiac disease
  • chronic respiratory conditions
  • chronic neurological conditions
  • immunocompromising conditions
  • diabetes and other metabolic disorders
  • renal disease
  • haematological disorders
  • children aged six months to 10 years on long term aspirin therapy.

Your vaccination provider will advise if you or your child have a specified medical risk condition. See also Immunisation for people with medical conditions.

Children under nine years receiving their influenza vaccination for the first time require two doses of vaccine, spaced by a minimum of one month.

For up to date information please click on the links below.

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/Influenza/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/coronavirus.aspx

If you believe you have come into contact with either of these virus' please phone the surgery for more personalised assistance. We ask that all patients with any signs of respiratory infection wear a mask into the surgery, immediately use the provided handrub solution & where necessary remain isolated from other patients.

Save the Date to Vaccinate

New app helps parents to ‘save the date to vaccinate’

On-time vaccination is a child’s best protection against serious diseases. If children are not up to date with their vaccinations, it can also impact enrolment in child care and access to family assistance payments.

NSW Health has released an improved Save The Date To Vaccinate app. This free app helps parents and carers stay on top of their child’s immunisations by creating a personalised immunisation schedule and helpful reminder notifications for when their child’s vaccinations are due.

This app makes it easier to keep kids protected from serious preventable diseases, which also protects the broader community. In NSW, over 94% of children are fully immunised while 95% is necessary for sustained control of vaccine preventable diseases (known as ‘her immunity’).

The free Save The Date To Vaccinate app can be downloaded on Apple or Android devices here.

We encourage you to make your patients and networks aware of this vaccination reminder tool.

New app to help parents ‘save the date to vaccinate’

On-time vaccination is your child’s best protection against serious diseases. If children are not up to date with their vaccinations, it can also impact enrolment in child care and access to family assistance payments.

NSW Health has just released an improved Save The Date To Vaccinate app. This app helps you stay on top of your child’s immunisations and makes it easier for you to keep your child protected from serious preventable diseases.

Simply download the app, set up your child’s profiles and the app will create your family’s recommended immunisation schedules, along with handy reminders for when vaccines are due.

A childhood immunisation rate of 95% is necessary to control preventable diseases (known as ‘herd immunity’). While over 94% of children in NSW are fully immunised, over 105,000 babies are born in NSW every year so it’s really important that all parents know to vaccinate their children on time. By vaccinating, you’re protecting your child as well as people in the community who can’t be vaccinated themselves – including children with serious illnesses like cancer. 

The free Save the Date to Vaccinate app can be downloaded on Apple or Android devices here.