Travel Vaccinations & Yellow Fever Vaccinations

What is covered by the NHS?

If you are registered with Seymour Medical Practice, some travel vaccinations are available free of charge. A decision about which ones you need depends on which countries you will be visiting, how you are travelling, and how long you will be staying there. The nurses in the treatment room will help make this decision.
Vaccinations that are covered by the NHS are:
Hepatitis A
Typhoid
Diphtheria/tetanus/polio
Hepatitis B (for at risk groups only – this does not include travel or for occupational health reasons)
 
What is not covered by the NHS?

Many injections recommended for travel to more exotic locations are not covered by the NHS, and these have a charge. The charge will depend on the cost of the injection and whether a certificate is required. If the treatment room nurses recommend you to have any of the following vaccinations, these will be ordered in within 2 days, and an appointment will be made for you to be given these by the practice nurses in Seymour Medical Practice. You will be required to pay for the injection before it is ordered and given.

Charges are as follows:   

Yellow fever + certificate              £45 (£10 for duplicate certificate)

Rabies                                            £48 per dose (primary course x3 £130)

Japanese encephalitis                £72.50 per dose (primary course x2 £145)

Tick borne encephalitis               £55 per dose (primary course x3 £150)

Hepatitis B                                      £30 per dose (primary course x3 £90)

Meningitis ACWY + certificate     £35 (£10 for duplicate certificate) 

 

 Malaria prophylaxis

Medication to protect against malaria is not funded by the NHS. You can buy some anti-malarial tablets over the counter at pharmacies (eg chloroquine and proguanil). Those that are “prescription only” require a private prescription from your GP, and the cost paid by the traveller.

Seek advice for each new trip abroad. Do not assume the medication you took for your last trip will be advised for your next trip, even to the same country.

Malaria medication usually needs to be started 1-3weeks before travelling and stopped 4 weeks after return.

Other measures to prevent malaria will be advised by your travel health advisor.

 
Who do I make an appointment with?
If you are registered with Seymour Medical Practice you need to book an initial appointment with the treatment room nurses who will help decide which vaccinations you require. They will make a vaccination schedule for you and give you the vaccines available on the NHS. If you require any non NHS vaccines they will give you a slip with what you need to give to the Seymour Medical Practice reception who will arrange ordering of your vaccines and book you an appointment with the practice nurse.
If you are not registered with Seymour Medical Practice please phone reception and ask for a phone consultation with one of the practice nurses.
 
What shall I bring?
- Dates and names of any previous vaccinations given.
- Dates of current travel and where you are travelling.
- Travel Risk Assessment Form (available on the Seymour Medical Practice website)
 
 NB These appointments need to be made 6-8 weeks before you travel.

  

 

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