With effect from 1 April 2022 all Travel Vaccinations are provided centrally and not through the practice.
Please allow as much time as possible (6 weeks or more) before you travel, this will ensure that you are more likely to be fully vaccinated before departing to your destination.
The Fit for Travel website will provide all Travel Advice: https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home.aspx
Please note only the undernoted vaccines are available on NHS Prescriptions:-
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Diphtheria
- Polio
Any required vaccinations will be provided by clinics outside of the practice – click here for information
Go to Health care abroad for information concerning medical cover in other countries.
Excess quantities of regular repeat prescriptions
A Scottish home and Health Department circular from 1971 clarifies the position on prescribing for patients going abroad for extended periods. It states:-
“If a patient intends to go away for a longer period (than two to three week’s holiday) he/she may not be regarded as a resident of this country and would not be entitled to the benefits of the National Health Service… It may not be in the patient’s best interest for him/her to continue to self-medication over such longer periods…. If a patient is going abroad for a long period, he/she should be prescribed sufficient drugs to meet his/her requirements only until such time as he can place himself/herself in the care of a doctor at his/her destination.”
Where ongoing medical attention is not necessary, the patient may be given a private prescription.