Welcome to our Travel Clinic. There is lots of useful information here to help you learn about vaccination requirements and health issues for the places you are visiting. Remember there is much more to preventing illness abroad than just having a few jabs!

If you are travelling abroad we will provide current advice on immunisation requirements and can administer all vaccines at the Medical Centre. We are a registered Yellow fever Centre. To provide a comprehensive assessment of your needs we need you to provide certain information about yourself and your proposed trip. Please complete a "Travel Form" form which you can download from the download section below. It is also available from Reception. Please print off a copy and return it to us at the surgery. You may like to fax it back on 01689 862247. We will shortly be able to receive these by email but in the meantime please return by hand, mail or fax. Please then contact Reception a minimum of 4 days later for an appointment with one of our Nurses. Your destinations will then be checked against a regularly updated on-line database and we will provide current information about necessary vaccinations, anti-malarial medications where indicated and other health advice. A full course of vaccinations can take up to six weeks so give as much notice as possible. If it is a "last minute" trip we can also provide appropriate advice although there may not be time to complete all the necessary vaccinations. Please note that most vaccinations are provided free of charge on the NHS but some special cases are outside these arrangements and you will have to pay a fee. This includes anti-malarial medication and certain vaccines such as Yellow Fever and Japanese B encephalitis.

Our Travel clinic is available to patients who are not registered at the Medical Centre, but in these circumstances you will have to pay for all vaccinations. Your own doctor may be able to provide them free of charge on the NHS so do check. Our current charges are available from Reception and are also available in the download section below.

Travel Kits containing basic dressings and first aid items but also syringes, needles and suture materials are available for a small charge. These are recommended for those travelling to remote areas where little medical care may be available.

There are several excellent websites which provide lots of useful information. These are also listed below but in particular you may wish to visit a free public website provided by the NHS - "fit for travel". It gives lots of useful information about travel to most destinations including vaccinations necessary, general health advice and news of any local disease outbreaks.  The Department of Health's travel advice site is full of helpful information including details of the new European Health insurance card (EHIC) which replaces the old E111 form. This is necessary to obtain emergency medical treatment abroad. You can apply online for this card through the Department of Health's website link below as well as in person from Post Offices and most Travel Agents. The "General Travel Advice leaflet" summarises what you need to know. The Leaflet Treasure Trove below contains some excellent leaflets and advice on more specialist areas such as backpacking, drugs information and visits to the Hajj. Well worth a look. Happy reading!

We are very grateful to Jane Chiodini for allowing us to reproduce some of her material, and for providing some of the leaflets in the treasure trove.

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