All of the GPs working from our doctors clinic in Brighton have extensive experience dealing with children’s health issues.

The GPs offer discounted fees for GP consultations for children aged 17 and under.

For existing patients needing immunisations, we offer vaccine clinics, in which children with a valid Medicare card are bulk billed.

CHILDHOOD immunisations

Our Practice Nurses Nicole Franz and Lisa Sanders are highly experienced in administering child vaccinations, including vaccines on the Victorian Immunisation Schedule (starting from 6 weeks of age), catch-up vaccines, annual flu vaccines and travel vaccines. Their aim is to make you and your child feel as comfortable as possible.

Childhood immunisations are bulk billed for patients with a valid Medicare card when booked in a vaccine clinic, and most immunisations are free under the National Immunisation Program (NIP).

Some optional vaccines (such as the Bexsero/Meningococcal B vaccine, and travel vaccines) must be purchased from us - ask our Nurse or receptionist about prices.

Immunisation clinic appointments can now be booked online, or you can call us on 03 8506 9949 to book.

Bulk billing is not available for new patients, nor for immunisation appointments booked outside of a vaccine clinic. Standard appointment fees (with discounts for children) will apply.

new to australia?

If you and your young family have recently moved to Australia from overseas (or returned to Australia having lived overseas), you will need to ensure that details of all of the vaccinations your child has been given outside of Australia are uploaded onto the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and that the AIR Immunisation History Statement for your child indicates that they are up-to-date with all vaccines required under the National Immunisation Program Schedule (NIPS).

Until you do so, you may not be able to send your child to school, kindergarten or childcare under the state government’s “No jab, no play” policy and similar government and school policies, and you may not be entitled to federal government child care subsidies and family tax benefits. You will not be able to simply show your foreign vaccination records to the school, kindergarten or childcare centre, as the information needs to be set out in an official AIR Immunisation History Statement (see sample here).

As a recognised vaccination provider, we can add your child’s vaccine records to the AIR for you. Simply visit our clinic with your child’s vaccination records (with a certified translation into English if the document does not already include vaccine details in English) and pay an administrative fee of $80 for one child (or $50 per child if more than one), and our Practice Nurse will upload the vaccine details into your child’s record.

The process takes approximately 1 to 2 weeks, and once complete we’ll provide you with a copy of the AIR Immunisation History Statement to give to your child’s school, kindergarten or childcare.

We’ll also advise you if your child needs any catch-up vaccines (sometimes required if the NIPS includes vaccines that are not given in other countries, or if the NIPS requires additional booster doses), and if so we can book an appointment for these. Note that catch up vaccines for people aged under 20 are free under the NIPS.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

vaccine side effects

If your child has been vaccinated recently and is experiencing side effects, read here for more information.