Do you need Travel vaccinations?
Our Practice Nurses are fully trained to provide advice regarding routine immunisations for travelling abroad, general advice about keeping yourself healthy whilst travelling and can advise you where to go for additional immunisations that are not available on the NHS.
Please arrange an appointment for a travel consultation ideally at least 6-8 weeks before departure if possible. Vaccines need time to take effect and some additional immunisations may require a course over several weeks.
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to complete a travel questionnaire. These are either available at the Practice or to download via our website. travel form available here
The following travel vaccines are free on the NHS:
Tetanus (given as combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio)
Polio (given as combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio)
Diphtheria (given as combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio)
Typhoid
Hepatitis A
We will also check if you are up to date with your MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)
Vaccines not available on the NHS:
Hepatitis B
Japanese encephalitis
Meningitis vaccines
Tick-born encephalitis
Tuberculosis
Yellow fever
Malaria tablets
Where do I get my travel vaccines?
After submitting a travel risk assessment form, you will be booked in for a telephone appointment consultation with one of our practice nurses. The practice nurse will check if your existing vaccinations are up to date and discuss your destination and itinerary.
During the telephone appointment the practice nurse will give you a general advice about any travel vaccinations and travel health required for your trip. After the telephone appointment you will have an overview of the vaccines required for your trip both (NHS vaccines and vaccines not available on NHS).
The practice nurse will then book you a 20 minute face-to-face appointment where they will give you the NHS travel vaccines and health advice required for your trip.
To have travel vaccines which are not available on NHS you will be advised to book an appointment at a Private vaccination/travel clinic or a pharmacy offering travel health advice.
You can find out which vaccinations are necessary or recommended for the areas you will be visiting along with further travel information on these websites:
Travel Health for information of vaccinations available on NHS
NathNac https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/
MASTA for private vaccination clinics https://www.masta-travel-health.com/
Gov.uk for specific country travel advice https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
EHIC to apply for your free European Health Insurance Card https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/apply-for-a-free-uk-global-health-insurance-card-ghic/
Travel Health Pro website (NaTHNaC) the National Travel Health Network and Centre).
NHS Fit for Travel https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/destinations
