Travel Vaccinations
We strongly recommend that you seek professional advice regarding any vaccinations required for your holiday. This is provided by our practice nurse and in consultation with the doctor. You must ensure you have your vaccinations in good time for your travel in order for them to take effect. We would advise that you discuss your travel requirements at least 9 weeks before departure, where possible, with the practice nurse. Before attending a consultation with the practice nurse, please consider your requirements by using the following link: Fit For Travel
The NHS provides some, but not all, vaccinations for people travelling abroad. Those vaccines which are provided free of charge by the NHS for travel abroad are:
- Typhoid (to some countries)
- Poliomyelitis
- Hepatitis A
Vaccines that are not funded by the NHS for travel abroad are listed below with the fees:
| Vaccine | Full schedule vaccines | Cost per vaccine | Cost for full course |
| Hepatitis B | 0, 1m & 6m | £40 | £120 |
| Rabies | 0, 7d, 21 to 28d | £50 | £150 |
| Japanese B Encephalitis | 0 & 28d | £90 | £180 |
| ACWY (Meningitis) | 0 | £50 | £50 |
| Yellow Fever | 0 | £80 | £80 |
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Antimalarial treatment
See Malaria - Fit for Travel. Avoidance of bites is extremely important. Antimalarial treatment type depends on you travel location. Antimalarial preventative treatment is also not funded by the NHS and costs outlined below:
| Antimalarial | Direction of use for adults | Cost |
| Chloroquine 20 tablets | Two tablets weekly started one week before entering endemic area and continued for four weeks after leaving | £10 |
| Doxycycline (100mg) 50 tablets | One tablet daily started one to two days before entering endemic area and continued for four weeks after leaving | £30 |
| Mefloquine (Lariam) 8 tablets | One tablet once weekly started two to three weeks before entering endemic area and continued for four weeks after leaving | £40 |
| Malarone 12 tablets | One tablet daily started one to two days before entering endemic area and continued for one week after leaving | £40 |
| Paludrine 98 tablets | Two tablets daily started one week before entering endemic area and continued for four weeks after leaving | £20 |