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Don’t compromise, immunise
PROTECTING PLAYFORD
Dianne and the Immunisation Team keep our community protected against diseases, administering immunisations to the general community, school students, worksites and new arrivals.
If COVID-19 has shown us anything, it’s how important vaccines are in keeping our community protected against disease. While the world still awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the City of Playford Immunisation Service continues to provide protection to the community for a range of other potentially life-altering diseases.
The City of Playford’s Immunisation Team has a combined 30 years’ experience, with the Community Health Nurse administering immunisations for over 16 years alone. Our nurse is supported by Marg and Dianne in administration, who are passionate about their work. “There is no need in our country to be suffering from polio, whooping cough and other diseases when we can vaccinate against them,” said Dianne.
In the last financial year, up to 8,500 people were immunised through the service. “We’ve been extra busy giving flu shots and our usual clinic vaccines,” said Marg.
While the lockdown during COVID-19 saw less immunisations administered than the previous year, outbreaks of immunisable communicable diseases were down to less than 850 in the community - just over half of the previous year. “We believe the social distancing protocols and lockdown have definitely lowered transmission rates,” our Community Health Nurse said.
The team works within schools and provides privately booked worksite vaccination clinics. The worksite sessions are usually booked for flu vaccines, and are often taken up by school teachers and support staff, as well as other local businesses.
Council’s public clinics are conducted twice weekly on Mondays at GP Plus Healthcare Elizabeth, and Thursdays at UniHealth Munno Para. The team also provides a specialised New Arrivals and Refugee Immunisation (NARI) clinic on the third Wednesday of the month, which deals with more complex cases, as some families arrive from countries where vaccine access is limited or non-existent.
Our Immunisation Team are here to support you, so if you’re due for a vaccine, don’t wait – drop-in and have a chat with our friendly team.
To find out more information on vaccines available and clinic schedules visit: playford.sa.gov.au/dont-compromise-immunise or call 8256 0333.
End of year closure.
Over the festive season there will be changes to our standard business hours, as some of our workforce takes time to reset in preparation for another big year ahead.
We hope you enjoy celebrating the festive season, taking some time to relax and re-connect with friends and family. And if you’re working, we thank you for keeping the world turning for the rest of us.
Service closures.
Council offices | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 4 January 2021 Customer Care | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 4 January 2021 Community Passenger Network | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 4 January 2021 Elizabeth Rise | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Reopening Monday 11 January 2021 Healthy Food Co | Closed from Thursday, 24 December | Re-opening on Monday, 11 January 2021 Grenville Hub | Limited services from Monday, 7 December 2020 | Closed from Thursday, 17 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 11 January 2021 | Bookings essential: 8256 0377
Library Services, Civic Centre and Stretton
Centre | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 4 January 2021 Northern Sound System | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 11 January 2021 Stretton Centre | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 4 January 2021 Home Assist | Closed from Thursday, 24 December 2020 | Re-opening on Monday, 4 January 2021
Contact us.
Rest assured we are still here for you during the closure period. For urgent matters such as lost dogs, fallen trees or safety concerns please call 8256 0333 and our after hours service will assist you. For non-urgent matters you can lodge a Customer Service Request by clicking the ‘Online Services’ button on our website, and we will attend to your matter after 4 January 2021.
Kerbside bin collection will continue as normal over the holiday period, with two exceptions. There will be no collection Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, both of these collections will occur on Saturday. Please ensure bins are out by 7am for collection. For further information call NAWMA: 8259 2100.
