We offer travel advice for the benefit of our patients but this means that we may not always be able to help you if you are travelling without much notice. In this circumstance, you would need to obtain your vaccinations privately and pay a fee at a private travel health clinic.
Our nurses offer a telephone appointment for a travel consultation initially. Please arrange an appointment at least 6-8 weeks before departure – should you need any vaccines they need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks.
Telephone Travel Appointments
During your telephone travel consultation our nurse will advise if you need further immunisation, then will book an appointment for you to come into the surgery.
Please note, not all travel vaccines are available on the NHS, so you may have to contact a private travel health clinic if our nurse advises any of the following vaccinations are needed:
- Hepatitis B
- Japanese Encephalitis
- Meningitis vaccine includes MENACWY usually required for pilgrimages, nor can we issue a certificate
- Rabies
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Yellow Fever
Malaria
Our nurse will also advise if you need anti-malaria medication, you will need to contact a private travel health clinic for this as it is not prescribed by your GP.
Medication
If you need to take medication whilst you are away, make sure you have ordered this from us before you go. Please note that we can only give a maximum three month supply.
Health Insurance
This is often the very last item on a traveller’s checklist, yet it is perhaps the most important of all. Cover should be arranged at the time you book your holiday or as soon after as you can.
Global Health Insurance Card
A UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) gives you the right to access state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in the European Union (EU). Applying for the card is free. However, other unofficial websites may charge you if you apply through them.
General Travel Health Advice
TravelHealthPro is a public access website set up by the Department of Health. It gives country-specific travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK – you can access this website below.