Our Nurses can provide comprehensive travel health advice and arrange for appropriate immunisations. Please arrange an appointment for a travel consultation at least 6-8 weeks before departure if possible. Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks.

Select the region you are travelling to find out more.

Africa

Central Asia

East Asia

Australasia & Pacific

Caribbean

Central America

Europe & Russia

Middle East

North America

South America & Antarctica

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

Travel assessment and advice is a free service covered by the NHS.

However, some travel vaccinations are only available privately at a charge of £20 per prescription. Payment for non-NHS services must be made at the first travel appointment.

Following completion of the travel assessment the following vaccines are immediately available in the surgery:

NHS: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis A, Typhoid

Private vaccines can be obtained by private prescription at a cost of £20 per prescription.

The cost of the vaccine is then payable to the chemist.

You will be required to obtain the necessary vaccines and pay the pharmacy separately for these and return them to the practice for administration.

A charge of £25 is payable to the surgery for each visit to administer.

Vaccines should then be handed into the surgery as soon as possible to maintain the cold chain and ensure their efficacy.

Yellow Fever vaccination is NOT provided in the surgery but is available from specialist travel clinics.

IMPORTANT NEW REGULATIONS - Information provided by Dorset CCG regarding travel vaccinations and rules regarding maximum prescriptions and de-registration of patients who are out of the UK. For the latest information, please click onto the document below.

Dorset CCG Prescribing for Overseas Travel

Please note - Local Yellow Fever Centres are:

• Fordington Surgery
• Boots the Chemist, Dorchester