General Practitioner
Dr Ranjitha Ananda Kumar
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Vaccinations and Immunisation in Rockingham
Childhood and adult vaccines on the national schedule, catch-ups, seasonal flu and vaccination in pregnancy.
Schedule
National
National Immunisation Program vaccines
Catch-ups
Available
For children and adults who have fallen behind
Appointment
Standard
Longer if several are due at once
Referral needed
No
Book directly with any of our doctors
What we cover
Vaccines We Provide
These are the things people most often book us for.
Childhood schedule
The National Immunisation Program vaccines from birth through school age, recorded to the Australian Immunisation Register.
Catch-up schedules
For children or adults who have missed doses, whatever the reason, and without a lecture attached.
Seasonal influenza
Annual flu vaccination for adults and children, including the funded groups and everyone else.
Adult boosters
Tetanus, whooping cough, shingles and pneumococcal vaccines at the ages and intervals they are recommended.
Pregnancy vaccines
Whooping cough and influenza in pregnancy, which protect the newborn before they can be vaccinated themselves.
Occupational
Vaccination and serology for healthcare, childcare and other roles that require documented immunity.
Immunisation records
Checking your history, correcting gaps, and providing the statements schools, employers and visas ask for.
In detail
Booking a vaccination appointment
Most vaccinations fit a standard appointment. Several at once, or a catch-up schedule, need longer — the planning is the work and the injection is the quick part.
Everything given here is recorded to the Australian Immunisation Register, so your history stays complete no matter where you were vaccinated before.
What happens
What happens at your appointment
Book the right length
One vaccine fits a standard slot. Catch-ups and multiple children need longer.
Bring your record
Whatever immunisation history you have, plus the blue book for children.
The appointment
A check that it is the right vaccine at the right time, then the vaccination itself.
Wait fifteen minutes
A short observation period afterwards is standard practice and worth planning for.
Who you will see
Our doctors
Their qualifications, and what each of them focuses on.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers to the practical details patients need before booking or visiting the practice.
The National Immunisation Program funds vaccines for children, adolescents, pregnant women, older adults and people with certain medical conditions. Your doctor will check what is funded for you and what is not before anything is given.
More common questionsNo. Catch-up schedules exist for exactly this and can be started at any age. Bring whatever record you have and your doctor will work out the doses and intervals needed to bring your child up to date.
More common questionsWe are not advertising travel vaccination yet — the practice has not confirmed which travel services it will offer from opening. Please ring reception on (08) 6147 6547 to ask before booking a travel consultation, rather than planning a trip around it.
More common questionsYes, fifteen minutes is standard. Serious reactions are rare but almost always happen quickly, so the observation period is a sensible precaution rather than a formality. Plan for it when you book.
More common questionsUsually yes, and it saves a second visit. Your doctor will confirm which combinations are appropriate for you at the time, and where they should be given.
More common questionsEverything given here goes to the Australian Immunisation Register, which holds your full history regardless of where earlier doses were given. You can view your own statement through your Medicare online account or the Express Plus app.
More common questionsTell us when you book and bring any detail you have about what happened. Most reactions are mild and do not prevent future vaccination, but the history changes how and where the next dose is given.
More common questionsBook an Appointment
Book online with a GP, or call reception for exercise physiology.
If we are closed
In an emergency call 000 or go to Rockingham General Hospital — the emergency department, open 24 hours. If you need a GP outside our hours, Get Better Doctors is our after-hours service.