We offer a travel advice and immunisation service. If you are travelling abroad please contact our reception team.
Not all travel vaccinations are available on the NHS.
If appointments are not available, or you are within 8 weeks of your travel date, you will be advised to seek travel vaccinations from a private travel clinic.
Click HERE to find out more information about what travel health advice may be applicable to the country you are travelling to.
The vaccinations we offer at VHG are: Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Cholera, MMR and Tetanus/Diptheria/Polio.
After looking at NATHNAC via the above link, if you would like to consider other vaccinations e.g. Rabies, Yellow Fever, Hepatitis B, Japanese B or Tick borne Encephalitis then you should arrange a Travel assessment appointment at a Pharmacy or Private Travel clinic.
Further Travel information
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
Public Health vaccinations
Hepatitis A or Typhoid or Diphtheria/Tetanus/Polio
Free for patients registered under the NHS with this practice.
Cholera
The practice will issue a prescription on the NHS for you to obtain the vaccine from the pharmacy (for the usual NHS prescription fee) then the practice can give you the vaccination free under the NHS.
Other travel costs
- Holiday cancellation insurance claim £50