GPs have expressed frustration at receiving supplies of AstraZeneca vaccines, but no syringes or needles to administer them, in the latest misstep to hit the troubled rollout.

Sydney-based Dr Dasha Fielder says she and her colleagues have been using their own consumables to offer the vaccine, adding she’d been in touch with the COVID-19 email helpline only to be told it is a national problem and that her practice wasn’t the only one affected.

“Unfortunately consumables are on what they are calling ‘back order’. And therefore I am to use my own until those will arrive,’ Dr Fielder, who owns the Sapphire Medical Practice in Bondi Junction, told 6minutes. 

Dr Fielder said she was excited to be part of the rollout, and was happy to use her own supplies for a short period, but was frustrated at the time and effort it had taken to address the issue.