Plan ahead – allow 6/8 weeks before travel
If you are visiting a country overseas and you want us to review your records and potentially over NHS travel health vaccinations you must complete a travel risk assessment a minimum of 4 weeks before you travel. If we receive this outside of this time frame we may have to refer you to the nearest travel clinic (Coventry) for your vaccinations where you will be required to pay for all vaccinations undertaken; even those covered by NHS.
We do not provide a vaccination service for the below travel vaccinations which are outside of the NHS provision. Should these vaccines be recommended for the country you are visiting, you will need to source an alternative provider; our nearest travel clinic is Coventry (contact details as below):
- Tick-borne encephalitis – course of 2/3
- Rabies Vaccine – course of 3
- Japanese Encephalitis – course of 2
- Cholera oral – course of 2
- Chicken Pox vaccine – course of 2
- Hay Fever Injection
Travel Clinic Coventry, 178 Foleshill Rd, Coventry, CV1 4JH
Tel: 02476 520183
The practice will still offer to provide Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid and Tetanus under NHS provision (dependent on appointment availability) to our paitents.
We will continue to provide Men ACWY for our patients, both chargeable per vaccine; price given on application.
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.
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.
Sometimes patients may not have left enough time for us to purchase vaccinations or have appointment availability in time for their travel. If this is the case, there is an alternative local service provider, George Eliot Medical Centre, Foleshill Road, Coventry. Please note, this is a private clinic and patients will be charged per vaccine; appointments are needed.
Tel: 07843 679205
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.