Travel Health

TRAVEL ADVICE

Our practice nurses are available by appointment to offer medical advice regarding travel and vaccinations where appropriate. Please fill out our Travel Form before contacting the surgery to book an appointment.
Please Note: This service is for Registered Patients ONLY.

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel, you will need to complete the risk assessment form below before an appointment can be booked.

It is important to arrange your appointment as early as possible - ideally, 6 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work. 

Please be aware that Newquay Health Centre has a limited number of appointments available for travel services, should you contact us at short notice for travel services, we are under no obligation to squeeze patients in if no appointments are available within the required timeframe.

Please complete a risk assessment form for each person travelling

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

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

Travelhealthpro - for further research on the vaccines you may need

 

Travel Vaccination Prices

Not all travel vaccinations are available free on the NHS, even if they're recommended for travel to a certain area.  Newquay Health Centre is only able to provide the free NHS travel vaccinations, which are;

  • polio (given as a combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio jab)
    typhoid
    hepatitis A
    cholera

These vaccines are free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country.

Any non-NHS travel vaccinations or malaria prophylaxis would need to be sourced via a private Travel vaccination centre, many of the local pharmacies are now offering travel services.

You'll have to pay for travel vaccinations against:

  • hepatitis B
  • Japanese encephalitis
  • meningitis vaccines
  • rabies
  • tick-borne encephalitis
  • tuberculosis (TB)

Yellow fever - Yellow fever vaccines are only available from designated centres.

Malaria prophylaxis - Please arrange via a private travel vaccination centre.

Download our Travel Advice Leaflet