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.
Our practice provides only free NHS vaccinations for travel. For other vaccinations for travel, including Malaria tablets (adults and children) you can try a:
- private travel vaccination clinic
- pharmacy offering travel healthcare services
For more information visit: NHS Travel Vaccination Website
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below:
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.
Travel Health Questionnaire
To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.
Travel Form
More information including advice specific to the destination country is available at TravelHealthPro (NaTHNaC) or TRAVAX website.
Local travel clinic: Armada travel clinic
Medicine Optimisation Team at Mid and South Essex Guidance on Prescribing for patients traveling abroad:
Malaria prophylaxis
• Antimalarials are not available at NHS expense for malaria prophylaxis and most medicines for prophylaxis against malaria are available over-the-counter at community pharmacies.
• If a prescription only medicine is required for prophylaxis, this should be prescribed privately and the practice may charge for providing the private prescription.
Non-NHS travel vaccinations
The following travel vaccines are not available at NHS expense when exclusively given for travel purposes:
• Japanese encephalitis
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Meningitis ACWY (quadrivalent meningococcal meningitis vaccine; A, C, Y and W135)
• Rabies
• Tuberculosis
• Yellow fever
• Hepatitis B
• Combined hepatitis A and B vaccine is not supported for prescribing on the NHS for travel purposes within Mid and South Essex ICB. Patients requiring both vaccines for travel purposes should be offered hepatitis A vaccine as an NHS service and hepatitis B vaccine separately as a private service.