If you require any vaccinations relating to international travel you need to make an appointment with the Practice Nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include the countries and areas within the countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

Please speak to Reception regarding how to book this appointment.

Please make an appointment six weeks before you are due to travel as you may need more than one visit for a course of vaccinations.

Travel vaccinations that are available on the NHS are provided free of charge to all our patients but we cannot provide these services to any patients that are registered as 'Temporary Residents'.

Malaria tablets can be purchased over the counter at your local pharmacy. 

We have an online travel vaccination form below which needs to be completed for each patient who is travelling abroad. This will assist us with our assessment of what vaccines you may require. We can also send this to you via SMS text message to complete before your appointment

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below:

Africa

Central Asia

East Asia

Australasia & Pacific

Caribbean

Central America

Europe & Russia

Middle East

North America

South America & Antarctica

By law, the NHS ceases to have responsibility for the medical care of patients when they leave the UK.  People traveling within Europe are advised to carry an authorised European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) at all times and this gives entitlement to reduced cost (and sometimes free) medical treatment.   Patients should be advised to check specific entitlements prior to travel.

• For patients who will be out of the country for less than 3 months, it is reasonable to provide sufficient medicines for an existing condition (i.e. asthma, diabetes)
• For patients leaving the country for more than 3 months, they should be advised to register with a local doctor for their continuing medical needs.  It is reasonable for GPs to provide sufficient medication to give patients time to do this.

GPs are not required by their Terms of Service to provide prescriptions for the treatment of a condition that is not present and may arise while the patient is abroad.  Persons who have left the UK, or who are intending to leave the UK, for more than 3 months are not normally allowed to continue to be registered with a practice.

The NHS accepts responsibility for supplying ongoing medication for temporary periods abroad of up to 3 months. If a person is going to be abroad for more than three months then all that the patient is entitled to at NHS expense is a sufficient supply of his/her regular medication in order to get to their destination, where they should then find an alternative supply of that medication.

The following websites will give you additional travel advice

Travel Health for information of vaccinations available on NHS

MASTA for private vaccination clinics

Gov.uk for specific country travel advice

EHIC to apply for your free European Health Insurance Card