It's important to find out which travel vaccinations you need early on:

· Travel vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine

· In some cases you may need a course of vaccinations with gaps between

· There needs to be enough time allowed for the vaccines to work.

Information about vaccines needed for your destination can be found at www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk

Please note: you need to give at least 4 weeks notice for vaccinations at the surgery. 

To arrange travel vaccinations please follow these steps;

1. Fill in a pre-travel questionnaire and hand this to Reception. The questionnaire is available from the surgery, or can be downloaded from the 'Our Documents' page on this website. We need a questionnaire for each person in the family who is making the trip. You can email your form to fownhope.medicalcentre@nhs.net. When you submit the questionnaire you can make a telephone appointment with a Practice Nurse for 3 days time.

2. At the telephone appointment the Practice Nurse will have assessed the questionnaire and you can discuss;

• Which vaccines you need
• If there are charges for the vaccine
• An appointment for your vaccination, or schedule if you need a course of vaccinations.

3. If you need to pay for any travel vaccinations you will need to do this in advance.