{"id":8029,"date":"2023-09-22T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T02:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8029"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T02:32:01","slug":"nsw-school-vaccination-program-tuesday-17-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/nsw-school-vaccination-program-tuesday-17-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW School Vaccination Program &#8211; Tuesday 17 October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NSW Health will offer the following vaccinations at your school clinic:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Year 7 \u2013 dTpa (Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) <\/b><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">&amp; HPV (Human Papillomavirus) <\/b>(<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">if not already given in Term 1 or 2)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0Year 10 \u2013 Meningococcal ACWY (catch up)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students can only have their vaccination at school if consent has been received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you or your child\u2019s other parent provided consent earlier this year please do not submit consent again. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most Year 7 parents consented for both HPV and dTPa before the Term 1 HPV vaccine clinic.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(You can check if you gave online consent by logging in again; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nswhealth.service-now.com\/school\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/nswhealth.service-now.com\/school<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> )<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>This is the last vaccination clinic at your school this year.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> If your child is absent they can be vaccinated at school in 2024, or at your GP. The vaccine is supplied without cost to you but GPs may charge a consultation fee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To provide consent if you haven\u2019t already done so<\/span><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">visit: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nswhealth.service-now.com\/school\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/nswhealth.service-now.com\/school<\/span><\/a> <b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For guidance to complete the form visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-english.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Factsheets\/online-consent-school-vaccination-english.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child\u2019s school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on school vaccinations, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/schoolvaccination\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.health.nsw.gov.au\/schoolvaccination<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For information in your language, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Pages\/school_vaccination_language.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.health.nsw.gov.au\/immunisation\/Pages\/school_vaccination_language.aspx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW Health will offer vaccinations for Years 7 and 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8029","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-around-the-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=8029"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=8029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}