NSWISS

• The clinic operates every Friday morning between 9 am and 12 pm in the Bandaged Bear Outpatient Clinics.
• Also provides telehealth consultations.
• The NSWISS telephone advisory service runs Monday to Friday between 9 am and 5 pm (excluding public holidays). Call 02 9845 1414.
• More information about the NSWISS is available on the website of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS).

Immunisation Specialist Clinic at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

• The clinic operates Monday afternoons, on a fortnightly basis. Call 02 9382 1470 to make an appointment.
• More information about the Immunisation Specialist Clinic is available on the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network.

NSWISS

• Complex medical conditions or impaired immunity (for example, undergoing chemotherapy).
• History of AEFI/s.
• Under-immunised child requiring a complex catch-up schedule.
• Needle-phobia where strategies for immunisation in primary care have failed.
• Parents seeking modified vaccination schedule due to concerns about immunisation.
• Complex or extensive concerns about immunisation that cannot be addressed in primary care.

Immunisation Specialist Clinic at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

• Children and adolescents who have experienced a previous AFEI.
• Underlying medical condition or allergy that requires supervision during immunisation.
• Families who are concerned about vaccines and adverse events.

NSWISS

• Up-to-date detailed information and scientific literature on immunisation.
• In-depth, extended consultations with immunisation specialists (clinical nurse consultant and/or paediatrician) to discuss the benefits and risks of immunisation.
• Discussion of alternative vaccination schedules (delayed or selective), according to the recommended NSW schedule.
• Advice about whether their child qualifies for a medical exemption and why or why not.
• Specialist support for children with special needs or needle-phobia.
• Vaccination under light sedation, under close observation (subject to medical evaluation).
• Supervised vaccination for children with complex medical conditions, for example, children who are immunosuppressed, receiving chemotherapy, or have a history of anaphylaxis associated with vaccination.
• Follow-up consultations as required.
• Tailored catch-up schedule for under-immunised children.
• Online video-conferencing or telephone consultations for families who live outside the Sydney metro area.
• Consultations are free of charge for eligible Medicare card holders, with a referral letter from their general practitioner. 

Immunisation Specialist Clinic at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

• Provide assessment and management of children and adolescents who have experienced a previous AEFI.
• Supervision during immunisation.
• Offer advice for catch-up vaccination.
• Discussion with parents who are concerned about vaccines and adverse events.

NSWISS

• A referral letter is required. Referrals can be emailed to SCHN-NSWISS@health.gov.au.
• To arrange an appointment, contact the Specialist Immunisation Clinic on 02 9845 1414 or email SCHN-NSWISS@health.nsw.gov.au.

Immunisation Specialist Clinic at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

• Referral letter to specialist by name. Consultants are A/Prof P Palasanthiran and Dr B McMullan.
• Call 02 9382 1470 to make an appointment.
• Urgent cases can be referred through the Emergency Department. 

• Referral letter.
• Child’s Medicare card.
• Child’s Personal Health Record (Blue Book).

NSWISS

• Telephone advisory service runs Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm (excluding public holidays), call 02 9845 1414.
• Immunisation providers are requested to email clinical questions to NSWISS at SCHN-NSWISS@health.nsw.gov.au and include a contact phone number. Responses will be provided via email or return phone call as appropriate within one business day. The NSWISS email inbox is monitored Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. 
• For urgent after-hours advice on the immediate investigation and management of a serious AEFI, clinicians can contact NSWISS via The Children’s Hospital at Westmead switchboard on 02 9845 0000 (both during business and after hours).