NHS vaccinations

It’s important to make sure that your child has all of their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their vaccinations at the right age to protect them as early as possible and to minimise the risk of infection.

Your GP will be able to tell you what vaccinations children need. You can also find more information about children’s vaccinations and benefits on the NHS website.

Seasonal flu is a highly infectious illness that’s caused by a flu virus. The virus infects your lungs and upper airways, and can cause a high temperature, aches and pains. A flu vaccination can help limit your risk of getting the flu.

Our surgery offers flu vaccinations to patients. We offer two routine vaccinations – one for patients under 65 years and another vaccine for patients over 65 years.

You can contact the surgery to find out more about flu vaccinations or visit the NHS website.

We offer routine vaccinations and general advice to our patients travelling abroad who may need to be vaccinated.

We will require 6 weeks’ notice to provide any travel advice and vaccinations. Our priority is to care for patients who are unwell, who need to see the Nurse urgently and those who have Chronic Diseases such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease, etc. The demand for travel advice is increasing and it is becoming difficult to accommodate such appointments within our already very busy clinics. By limiting travel advice to patients who can give plenty of notice, it is much easier to plan for this treatment.

When calling to make an appointment, the Receptionist will ask where you are going, when you are going and for how long and will then book an appointment for you with the Nurse.

If your holiday or journey departure date is less than 6 weeks away, you will have to obtain your travel advice and vaccinations outside the Practice at a private Travel Clinic where all services will be chargeable.

Information about which vaccines may be required and general travel advice is available on the following websites:

Fit for Travel – www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk

Nathnac – travelhealthpro.org.uk

The Practice can only supply and administer travel vaccinations covered by the NHS.  These are Diphtheria/Tetanus & Polio, Typhoid, Hepatitis A.  Any other vaccinations will have to be given by a Travel Clinic which are chargeable.

Travel vaccinations

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/travel-vaccinations/

Travel health checklist

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/travel-health-checklist/