Dentists, midwives and physiotherapists could deliver Covid jabs to bolster Australia’s rollout

Lt Gen John Frewen warns new staff will be needed to achieve national vaccination target of 80% by the end of 2021

Dieticians, speech pathologists, dentists and podiatrists could all be redirected to help the country’s vaccination effort and relieve a “fatigued and burnt out” workforce under a plan being pushed by Lt Gen John Frewen, who heads the government’s Covid Shield taskforce.

As part of an update to the national vaccination strategy released this week, Frewen warned workforce constraints were looming and he flagged the need for new staff to be brought on stream as part of a push to achieve a national vaccination target of 80% by the end of 2021.

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