The Australian government is not going to build a new national booking system to support the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out, instead relying on a mixture of existing online booking systems, Healthdirect’s National Health Services Directory and direct appointments with regular GPs and pharmacies.
Confusion has reigned over what the government has been calling a national booking solution, which it was promising to provide to general practices and pharmacies putting up their hands to take part in Phase 1b and 2 of the roll-out, which will see the AstraZeneca vaccine provided to priority groups and then the bulk of Australia’s adult population.
