Monday Pānui 16 February 2026

In today’s Pānui	6-week Immunisation Funding Changes to Immunisation Funding COVID-19 On-Boarding Guidelines for Immunisation Management in Primary Care – Precalls, Recalls, Declines and Outreach Referral
6-week Immunisation Funding	Quarter 2 immunisation performance-based capitation has been paid to practices today based on all enrolled children who passed their milestone age of 3 months in each of the last four quarters over a 12-month period who are fulling immunised before reaching the age of three months. If you have any questions about your payment, please contact julia@aucklandpho.co.nz
Changes to Immunisation Funding	See attached for a summary of changes for immunisation funding as part of the 1 July 2025 funding uplift: Increase in standard immunisation rate to $46 Increase in influenza rate to $37.50 Standard co-administration fee $20.52 whenever more than one immunisation is delivered Incorporation of COVID administration into the PHO Services agreement Read more about the fee increases here.
COVID-19 On-Boarding	COVID-19 vaccination site onboarding requirements have become easier.  Read more about it here.
Guidelines for Immunisation Management in Primary Care – Precalls, Recalls, Declines and Outreach Referral	We recommend that practice teams review the Te Whatu Ora Guidelines for Immunisation Management in Primary Care - Precalls, Recalls, Declined Immunisation and Outreach Referrals  This document has been added to the Auckland PHO Resource Library for future reference (password: aucklandpho).

Wishing you a powerful and successful Year of the Horse! May 2026, bring you speed, strength and success in all you do. A year full of fast opportunities and big wins awaits you! May your business grow stronger and faster than ever.

Barbara Stevens | Tumu Whakarae / CEO