Our nurses can provide travel health advice and arrange for appropriate immunisations. Please arrange an appointment for a travel consultation at least 6-8 weeks before departure if possible. Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks.

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 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.

Kingsmead Healthcare is a Yellow Fever Centre

Kingsmead Healthcare is a designated Yellow Fever Centre. Please direct all your enquiries to the Reception. The Practice Nurse or GP will be happy to advise you.

You should be vaccinated at least 10 days before you travel to allow enough time for the vaccine to work. Some people might not be able to have the vaccine because there's a risk it could make them unwell.

We offer the following vaccines:

• Yellow Fever
• Typhoid Vaccine
• Hepatitis A & B (Not for Occupational Health)
• Chicken Pox Vaccine
• Cholera Vaccine
• Rabies Vaccine
• Meningitis ACWY Vaccine
• Tick Born Encephalitis Vaccine
• Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
• Human Papilloma Vaccine
• MMR Vaccine
• Shingles Vaccine

We can also prescribe Malaria Prophylaxis on a private prescription but you can buy Malarone, Lariam, Doxycycline, Paludrine and Avloclor directly from a chemist without a prescription.