âWeâre going to lose money on this unless we can be doing 100 to 200 vaccines a day. Iâve decided weâll delay our offering ... unless we can be allocated sufficient vaccines. Itâs a real concern because at the current numbers a lot of practices are going âwhy would we do itâ.â
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Dr Craig Richards, principal at the Lorn Surgery in Maitland, said the health departmentâs ânonsensical policy pirouettes are making it increasingly difficult for us to find a financially realistic way to participateâ.
Dr Maria Boulton, a Brisbane practice owner and director of the Australian GP Alliance of about 150 owners, said clinics should be paid double what they are getting (about $31 for the first jab and $24 for the second). She said she knew of several clinics that âwill pull outâ of the program.