Travel Health

Before travelling, we advise you to take some time to make preparations with regard to your health while you are abroad.

A good place to start is the Travel Health Pro website http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/general-advice-for-travellers/ which contains helpful information on what to do before, during and after your trip.

If you require travel vaccinations, please try to make an appointment with a practice nurse at least six weeks prior to travelling. For malaria tablets, please try to book an appointment with a doctor. 

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and 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.

Alternatively, you can visit a local travel health clinic (please see below). 

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

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

EHIC to apply for your free European Health Insurance Card

Travel Clinics

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Department of Travel Medicine and Travel Clinic

Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Thu, Fri 9.00-16.30; Wed 10.00-16.30

Appointments: 0207 388 9600

Located at: Mortimer Market, Capper Street (off Tottenham Court Road), London, WC1E 6JB

Nomad Travel Clinic

Opening hours: Mon-Sat 9.15-17.00; Thu 9.15-19.00

Appointments: 0208 889 7014

Located at: 3-4 Wellington Terrace, Turnpike Lane, London, N8 0PX

Masta Travel Health

Opening hours: Mon-Thu 8.30-18.30; Fri 8.30-15.30; Sat 10.00-17.00

Appointments: 0845 600 2236; 0330 100 4131

Located at:

Oxford Circus: 52 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SQ

STA Travel London Victoria: 52 Grovesnor Garden, Victoria, SW1W 0AG

The Gadhvi Practice, Fountayne Road Health Centre – Designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre ONLY

Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9.00-18.30

Appointments: 0207 683 4857/4854

Located at: 1A Fountayne Road, London, N16 7EA           

The Nightingale Practice – Designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre ONLY

Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9.00-17.00 (no clinic Thurs)

Appointments: 0208 985 8388

Located at:                 

The Nightingale Practice, 10 Kenninghall Road, Clapton, London, E5 8BY

De Beauvoir Surgery – Designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre ONLY

Opening hours: Tues and Wed 8.30-12.00 and 16.00-17.30

Appointments: 0844 477 3602

Located at:

De Beauvoir Surgery, 8 Englefield Road, London, N1 4LN

Travel advice is covered by the NHS; however some vaccinations and prescriptions are only available privately. Payment for non-NHS services must be made at the first travel appointment.

The following vaccines are immediately available in the surgery:

NHS: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis A, Typhoid

Non-NHS: Hepatitis B (adult) £25 per dose (usually 3 or 4 required), Rabies £55 per dose (usually 3 required)

The following vaccines can be obtained by private prescription and a charge of £25 is payable to the surgery for each visit to administer. The cost of the vaccine is also payable to the chemist. You will be required to obtain the necessary vaccines and pay the pharmacy separately for these and return them to the practice for administration.

Hepatitis B (child) Meningitis ACWY, Japanese Encephalitis, Tick-borne Encephalitis.

Vaccines must be stored between 2 and 8 degrees in a refrigerator; the ideal way to do this is to hand them in to the practice as soon as possible.

All anti-malaria medications are provided privately. If recommended a private prescription will be issued at a cost of £15 and the cost of the medication will be payable to the pharmacy.

Yellow Fever vaccination is not provided in the surgery but available from specialist travel clinics.