Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Influenza Vaccinations Influenza Vaccinations The Hon. F. PANGALLO Legislative Council Influenza Vaccinations The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:39): Supplementary question: can the minister explain the process that is involved in ordering vaccines each year? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing Influenza Vaccinations The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:39): May I ask the member to clarify: was the member referring to supply from the commonwealth or supply to the immunisation providers? The Hon. F. Pangallo Legislative Council The Hon. F. Pangallo: Well, from both. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: As I said earlier, there's a national program for immunisation and the commonwealth manages the contracts and we order through those contracts. In terms of distribution, my understanding is that there is a network of immunisation providers, from recollection I think it's about 800, and on a two-weekly cycle they lodge an order and if they require vaccines outside of the two-week cycle then they can put in special orders.