Australian Medical Association

Australia has an excellent record of achievement in disease prevention through immunisation including a high level of safety and quality of vaccines delivered within general practice.  It is important the community has a similar level of confidence for vaccination services delivered outside of general practice.  To help maintain this excellent record the AMA encourages any provider delivering vaccine services outside of general practice to adhere to the ten principles included in this Position Statement. 

AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that the AMA is encouraging people to visit their GP to be immunised against swine flu.

It has been reported that there are still far too many Australians who have not been vaccinated to protect themselves from the virus.

Dr Hambleton said that people should not be complacent because of the warmer weather or because swine flu is no longer dominating the TV and radio news or the newspaper headlines.

AMA Position Statement: Ethical Considerations for Medical Practitioners in Public Health Emergencies in Australia - 2008