Travel Health and Immunisations

We may need to know about your travel itinerary and any significant aspects of your health in the past before you attend your Travel Appointment and possibly perform a risk assessment before deciding which vaccines are recommended and the advice that will best address your needs. For this reason, the appointment could take 20 minutes or even a little longer. We plan to give you the necessary injections within the appointment time to save you having to come back.

Many people are taking long haul holidays requiring complicated courses of vaccines. To assist you in these requirements we stock a large amount of travel related health promotion material, and have links to travel related websites below.

Travel Immunisations & Advice

Our Practice Nurses are available for Travel Advice and Immunisations. An appointment should be made at least 4 to 6 weeks prior to travel.

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Holiday Health

It is always a wise precaution to pack some essential items in case of illness on holiday. Do choose medicines according to your needs and the country you are intending to visit. lf you take prescription medicines regularly remember to pack them too.

You may want to consider packing the following:

Paracetamol Travel Sickness tablets Plasters and a small crepe bandage
Rehydration solutions such as Dioralyte, Anti diarrhoeal e.g. lmodium
High factor sunscreen
Anti-material tablets, Water purification tablets, Insect repellent
Condoms and other contraceptives
Sunhats for yourself and children

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Mosquito Bite Avoidance for Travellers

In many tropical countries, mosquitoes can spread diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, malaria, yellow fever and Zika. Here are five simple rules you should follow to reduce your risk of infections spread by mosquitoes.

Mosquito Bite Avoidance for Travellers leaflet.

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Useful Travel Information Websites

The Health Organisations Travel section on this website has lots of useful links to help Travellers.

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Travel Vaccination Charges

We offer the travel health service free of charge, but unfortunately the NHS does not cover the cost of all the treatments you may need. Therefore, for some services you may need to pay.

A list of these charges is held at reception.