The Vaccination Hub at Dubbo will see some of the 7000 staff across the Western NSW Local Health District (LHD) and other front line emergency staff such as police and ambulance workers receive the vaccination over the next six weeks.

Director of Dubbo Hospital's emergency department Dr Dan Stewart was the first to receive the vaccination on Monday, and said it was a safe and effective way of protecting the community.

"To say we're excited about the rollout of the vaccination is truly an understatement," he said.

"This marks the beginning of a new phase in our pandemic emergency response, it's a phase where we can truly see light at the end of the tunnel."

Dr Stewart said over the last 12 months, Dubbo had seen positive cases of the virus in the community, including among staff, as well as others having to take time off after being in close contact with those infected.

He said rolling out the vaccination to front line workers was an extra layer of protection for the operations of health facilities in the region.

"It's also very important we reduce the spread of the disease and the risk of the disease so we can continue to provide services to patients who require emergency services that are not related to the pandemic," he said.

"That is the vast majority of the community who come to our emergency department, we need to provide on-call care to them as well, and having staff on the ground at all times is crucial for that."

Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst hospitals will provide fixed-site vaccination clinics for healthcare workers, while two mobile services will rotate through 35 health facilities in the Western LHD, including Cobar, Gilgandra and Gulargambone which also started on Monday.

The mobile services will continue to the northern and more remote parts of the region in the next week.

Western NSW LHD Chief Executive Scott McLachlan said while there had been questions raised about the AstraZeneca vaccine, he said they were "incredibly confident" it was the right vaccine for the region.

"It certainly makes it easier to transport and get support right across the region," he said.

Mr McLachlan said they had already received 3000 doses of the vaccine to provide for front line health workers over the next three weeks, and were expecting to receive more when CSL get their Australian production up and running.

General practices will help deliver the vaccine to the public as part of phase 1b, initially to priority groups, starting with people over 70, adults with underlying medical conditions and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Three more phases will follow until the whole country has been offered the vaccine.

"This is going to see some challenging times to make sure the whole of our region get a supply," Mr McLachlan said.

"To reassure people it will happen, but it's a marathon not a sprint ... We know that getting practices and the public vaccinated is a priority, for us [at the moment] our priority is our staff and front line emergency service personnel."

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