PHOTO: ODT FILESA Cromwell GP says he was prepared to quit the Covid-19 vaccination rollout but remained out of concern for his patients. "We in good faith agreed to participate despite no guarantee of payments, but were told repeatedly, we could invoice for ‘all reasonable costs’. Dr White has been a stern critic of how the Ministry of Health has handled the rollout and in particular its insistence on setting up its own booking system rather than allowing GP clinics to use their systems. His centre only received a contract from the ministry eight weeks after it started vaccinating, Dr White said. "The price [for the per-dose scheme] is higher than that associated with other vaccinations because it recognises the additional complexity associated with the Pfizer vaccine."

Source: Otago Daily Times August 10, 2021 17:03 UTC