Travel health

Travel vaccinations

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

The NHS website also has travel vaccination advice and guidance on the available travel vaccines.

It is important to make this initial appointment at least 6 weeks before you travel, as a second appointment will be required with the Practice Nurse to 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 are not provided by the NHS, which means they incur a charge above the normal prescription charge.

Page last reviewed: 7 August 2024