MEDICARE PBS AND IMMUNISATION REGISTER

Information regarding Medicare, medicines and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), immunisation and the Immunisation Register

Immunisation

A-Z immunisation topics:

• Adult vaccination
• Catch ups
• Childhood immunisation schedule
• Childhood immunisation statement
• Exemptions
• Facts about immunisation
  • FAQs
  • Why vaccinate
  • Why is the schedule the way it is?
• Flu vaccination
• Government payments
• Health care workers
• MMR
• National register
• Pregnancy
• School immunisation schedule (adolescents)
• Travel vaccinations
• Updates and alerts
• Vaccine preventable diseases
• Vaccine safety
• Whooping cough (pertussis)

see also this blog post for more links and comment

• Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) the national register for vaccinations in children under 7yrs - includes details of the national immunisation schedule, exemptions and access to printed statements of your child's vaccinations
• Immunise Australia Program facts about immunisation, FAQs, information about vaccine preventable diseases and vaccine safety
• Immunisation related payments - Government benefit payments linked to the immunisation status of children     .....latest fact sheet
• NSW Immunisation Programme - information on childhood, adolescent (school booster) adult and health care workers immunisation programme, plus current updates and alerts
• NPS MedicineWise another useful resource on immunisation, vaccine preventable diseases and vaccine safety
• Save the Date to Vaccinate - NSW Health information and easy to use free tools to help you remember the date to vaccinate
• Understanding Childhood Immunisation booklet - electronic version of the immunisation booklet found in the back pocket of the Blue Book (NSW Child Personal Health Record book) 

Medicare

Medicare, administered on behalf of the Department of Health, is the publicly funded universal health scheme in Australia. Australian citizens and permanent residents are entitled to subsidised treatment from medical practitioners, eligible midwives, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals who have been issued a Medicare provider number, and can also obtain free treatment in public hospitals.

• Department of Veteran's Affairs
• Health Insurance explained Australian Government Private Health Ombudsman - waiting periods, hospital cover, gap payments, government surcharges and overseas visitors
• Medicare - how it works, claiming options, payments and services, safety net and reciprocal agreements for overseas visitors
  • 132 011
  • medicare@medicareaustralia.gov.au
• Online Claiming

Medicines and the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme)

• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - FAQs: benefits, safety net, repeat prescriptions, home medicines review
  • 1800 020 613
• Travelling overseas with prescription medicines 1800 500 147

Taking medicines safely

• Information leaflets - drug information. All medicines are supplied with a consumer medicine information leaflet. If you do not receive this leaflet from the pharmacist when you collected your prescription, search this list of all CMI leaflets and make sure you know how to take your medication and any side effects you should be aware of.