COVID-19 Eligibility Checker portal host Healthdirect Australia has released a financial offer to the online clinical booking service providers to assist them to get general practices and pharmacies to adopt online booking systems and improve real-time information on appointment availability flowing to the official Vaccine Clinic Finder site.

The offer, which specifically excludes services such as COVID-19NearMe or gpvaccinesearch.com that aggregate appointments from existing booking engines or state-run vaccination centres, aims to reduce the number of vaccine clinics that are listed as ‘phone only’ bookings and improve uptake of online bookings.