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.

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out an online form detailing your request before coming to see the nurse.

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible – at least 6 weeks before you travel – as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually 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 these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

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Further Information

The following websites will give you additional travel advice.

Examinations for special purposes (e.g. insurance, fitness to undertake sports, HGV, PSV, and seat belt exemptions), reports for private health insurance, private certificates and some vaccinations, are not provided under the National Health Service and are undertaken outside normal surgery hours.

These services are also available to patients from other practices.

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them.

We provide a range of services and clinics.