Travel Advice

Travel Appointment Information

In order to assist us to make a full assessment of the potential risks to your health from your planned travel, we would ask that you make a Travel Clinic appointment with our Practice Nurse. Ideally, this appointment should be made around the time of booking your holiday, at least 6 weeks before you travel. Unfortunately, if you are travelling in less than two weeks time, we may be unable to offer you a travel appointment, and would ask that you attend a private travel clinic. We can provide details of local clinics if you wish.

Travel risks vary considerably, and for this reason we allow a minimum of 20 minutes for each appointment. We would aim to give you any necessary vaccinations at this appointment, to save you having to return. As some vaccines are not available on the NHS there may be a private fee charged and this will be discussed at your appointment.  Please bring cheque book or cash with you to allow for this.  Travel Clinic Charges.

At your appointment we may ask the following questions to help us plan for your trip:-

• When are you departing and for how long?
• Where are you going, including the destinations within a country?
• Where are you staying, e.g. backpacking, camping, hotels?
• Are you planning to undertake any high risk activities?
• Have you taken out travel insurance and have you informed the company of any existing medical condition?
• If female and of child bearing age, is there any possibility you could be pregnant, or are you planning a pregnancy?
• Do you have any medical conditions, or a history of significant medical illness? (these can influence the choice of malaria tablets we recommend)

Pre-travel Questionnaire

It would help us if you could download and complete the following questionnaire and return it to the surgery at least 7 days before your appointment. Failure to return the completed questionnaire in time, means the travel nurse will be unable to see you and you will be asked to re-book.

• Pre-Travel Questionnaire

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Useful Travel Websites

It would help us greatly if you had some awareness of the travel problems that you may be at risk from on your trip before you come for your appointment.

Please look at the following website, to read the information for the county you are visiting, print it and bring to the appointment with you:-

• www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk

Other useful websites to look at are:-

• www.fco.gov.uk
• www.nathnac.org
• www.malariahotspots.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you at your appointment.

Patients who do not attend booked travel appointments

If a patient does not attend their travel appointment they will be asked to contact a private clinic unless there is a good reason why they didn't come. We must also have plenty of time to re-arrange the appointment. 

 

Site Last Updated 19-Jun-08