Travel Vaccines

There’s no point spending hours choosing your swimwear, beach bag and flip-flops if you barely think about the bugs and other health risks that could ruin your holiday. Almost one in four UK holidaymakers don't get any vaccinations despite travelling to areas that have life-threatening infectious disease. It’s not worth skipping travel vaccinations. Infectious diseases can make you very sick, spoil your holiday and even kill or cripple you. Vaccinations protect you against many travel-related infections, such as yellow fever, typhoid and hepatitis A. Use the information on this page to learn about travel vaccines, which ones you need for your destination, and when and where to get them.

If are going out of the country and you think you may require vaccinations, you will need to complete a travel vaccination form which can be collected from the surgery or downloaded from the 'our documents' tab. Once you hand this back in the practice nurse will review what travel vaccinations are required. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required. The form needs to be completed as early as possible, atleast 6 weeks before travel. Please note that there may be a charge for some vaccines. You will need to pay the fee before you have the vaccinations.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America & Antarctica
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

For additional general information, read our articles on travel health.