Travel Health

DO YOU NEED A VACCINATION

Do you need vaccinations?

Our Nurses provide an NHS travel health service offering advice and appropriate immunisations. This is funded by NHSE to prevent infections and diseases being transported back to England.

Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks; because of this NHSE does not fund immunisations given less than 8 weeks before travel.

So please ensure you submit your travel information in good time, to enable us to arrange an appointment for a travel consultation at least 8 weeks before your departure.

Any vaccinations and immunisations required in less than 8 weeks will need to be sought from a private travel clinic. 

Select the region you are travelling to find out more.

Africa

Central Asia

East Asia

Australasia & Pacific

Caribbean

Central America

Europe & Russia

Middle East

North America

South America & Antarctica

Travel Assessment

We offer a full travel advice service regarding vaccinations and immunisations needed for your travels.

If you are travelling abroad and wish to take advantage of the NHS travel immunisations offered by us, please complete and submit a travel form in plenty of time (we recommend at least 8 weeks) before your journey.

Important Information

NHSE will not permit travel immunisations to be given via the NHS (free) if the patient is travelling within 2 weeks of completing the course; as the immunisation will not have had sufficient time to take effect (seroconvert) and therefore NHS resources will have been wasted.

Buckinghamshire Policy 

Patients are required to commence courses of treatment no later than 8 weeks before travel. Patients requesting travel immunisation protection after this time are not entitled to the service under the NHS travel clinic program, and therefore a nurse travel clinic appointment will not be offered at the surgery.

These patients can approach private travel clinics that may offer immunisation and travel guidance.

Local services are:

  • McParland Pharmacy     01494 762206
  • Dr Now (Beaconsfield)   0330 100 4119

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Further Travel Information

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

GHIC to apply for your free Global European Health Insurance Card  

 

Travel Vaccination Prices

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge or incur a charge.  This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS; you will be advised at your appointment of these costs.

Payment for non-NHS services must be made at the first travel appointment.