The Practice no longer provides Travel Advice or Travel Immunisations.
Patients can access information on what vaccinations are required, together with malarial and safe travel advice at Fit for Travel.
Four Travel Vaccines are available on the NHS (Typhoid, Hepatitis A, DPT and Cholera) at no direct cost to the patient.
Please print and read our information leaflet on Mosquito Advice.
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.
Travel health and vaccinations
Vaccination Enquiries 0800 917 6115
If you’re planning to travel outside the UK, your travel health needs will depend on your individual situation. This includes:
- your destination
- how long you’ll stay
- what you’ll be doing
- your general health
Excess quantities of regular repeat prescriptions
A Scottish home and Health Department circular from 1971 clarifies the position on prescribing for patients going abroad for extended periods. It states:-
“If a patient intends to go away for a longer period(than two to three week’s holiday) he/she may not be regarded as a resident of this country and would not be entitled to the benefits of the National Health Service…. It may not be in the patient’s best interest for him/her to continue to self-medication over such longer periods…. If a patient is going abroad for a long period, he/she should be prescribed sufficient drugs to meet his/her requirements only until such time as he can place himself/herself in the care of a doctor at his/her destination.”
Where ongoing medical attention is not necessary, the patient may be given a private prescription.
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.
