Prior to travelling please allow as much time as possible to arrange your appointment for the Travel Clinic (preferably at least 6 -8 weeks or more), which will be with the Practice Nurse. The Nurse will require to know which countries, and areas within countries, that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.
It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible, as a second appointment will be required with the Practice Nurse to actually receive the vaccinations.These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.
Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.
Please note only the undernoted vaccines are available on NHS Prescriptions:-
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Polio
Travel Risk Assessment Form
Please complete this form prior to your appointment.
Healthy Travel Leaflet
You may find the following leaflet helpful when making your travel arrangements.
Advice on Malaria will be given.
Please download and print our useful guide below about Mosquito advice.
Hepatitis immunisation
Immunisation against infectious Hepatitis (Hepatitis A) is available free of charge on the NHS in connection with travel abroad. However Hepatitis B is not routinely available free of charge and therefore you may be charged for this vaccination when requested in connection with travel abroad.
Private Travel Clinics
If you are unable to wait for our next available travel advice appointment, as advised by the reception staff, then you can attend any Private Travel Clinic (you can obtain these numbers in the Yellow Pages see link below i.e. type in “travel clinic” then “your area”, to display a list of clinics) charges will apply at these clinics.
Useful Links
NHS Overview – Travel Vaccinations
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Travel advice abroad
- FCDO Foreign Travel Advice (Country specific information
- FCDO COVID-19 Travel corridors
- FCDO COVID-19 Declaration form for international travel
- FCDO COVID-19 Safer air travel for passengers
- FCDO COVID-19 Cruise Ship Travel
- FCDO Border control
- FCDO COVID-19 Travel Bans to the UK
- FCDO COVID-19 testing for people travelling to England
- FCDO booking and staying in a quarantine hotel when you arrive in England
- FCDO Managed quarantine: what to expect
