Photo: Getty ImagesSouthern GPs are champing at the bit to get involved in the Covid-19 vaccination programme and are frustrated they have not yet been asked to play a role. Primary health organisation WellSouth surveyed its membership this week for views about the hotly debated vaccination programme. “Many practices want to be involved in providing the Covid-19 vaccine," WellSouth chief executive Andrew Swanson-Dobbs said. Cromwell GP Greg White said dissatisfaction with the vaccination rollout had been building among doctors for months, and they were disappointed by how things were unfolding. The Covid-19 vaccine was "simply another vaccine to us, with some minor logistical differences," such as cold storage transport requirements, Dr White said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 09, 2021 16:39 UTC