Regional Health minister Mark Coulton said in Orange on Wednesday respiratory clinics might gain a new role as the pandemic moved into the general population vaccination phase.

They would join doctors and pharmacists in providing the vaccine jab to the general population.

Mr Coulton said that would occur when the state government and NSW Health became more involved in the vaccine rollout.

"When we go beyond aged care and the frontline health workers, the next round we will see GPs will put their hand up, community pharmacy will put their hand up, the respiratory clinic here probably will change its role to a vaccination site and it will be much broader," he said.

"When you think about it the medical facilities we've got to deal with the sick people in Orange when you've got to deal with the whole population here it's a much bigger role.

"We're still working our way through it."

Currently those most at risk, aged care home residents and staff, are receiving the vaccine.

Mr Coulton said it was expected the next phase of the rollout would start "within five-six weeks" and would cover medical staff wider than aged care workers.

He said there had been supply problems.

"We are not announcing too far ahead because at the moment the supply of vaccine is not as regular as we have liked," he said.

"We're still five or six weeks away from the next phase of the rollout.

"This is probably one of the biggest peacetime operations this country has had. We have got to do 25 million people twice. We are having problems with the supply coming in," he said.

Mr Coulton said a range of providers would deliver the vaccine to the public.

"We are at the process now of 4600 general practitioners have signed up, community pharmacies will be coming online as well as the Aboriginal medical services and in some case there might be squads coming from out of town [to small rural areas]."

Mr Coulton said the speed of delivery was the same across Australia.

"People are not being delayed because they live in the country," he said.

Mr Coulton said people intending to have the vaccine are being asked to create a myGov account and link Medicare; check contact details for Medicare are up to date, and view their immunisation history.

Residents who do not have internet access will also be able to prepare for the jab.

"The Australian Immunisation Register, on 1800 653 809, can mail a copy of your statement to you, or your vaccine provider can print a copy, for those with no access to myGov or the Medicare app," he said.

People can also phone Medicare on 132 011 to check or update their details.

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