Travel Advice and immunisations
Trips to far away destinations are increasingly popular and the lower costs plus faster transport, makes it feasible for the many. The variety of different adventurous type trips are also on the increase. This is all good news, however, with such diversity, the risk of travel to your health is increased and this makes the appointment with the nurse more complex. For example, we need to know about your travel itinerary and any significant aspects of your health in the past. These are typical questions we will be asking:
Useful websites
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Fit for Travel - Travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK |
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Foreign and Commonweath Office |
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The National Travel Health Network and Centre |
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Malaria Foundation International |
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Malaria Information and Prevention |
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Health Prevention Agency Centre for Infections |
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WHO International Travel and Health |
Useful Documents
Most of the following documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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General Advice |
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General Travel Advice Leaflet |
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NHS Health Advice for travellers |
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FCO Checklist for Travellers |
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FCO Backpackers and Independent Travellers, Essential Information |
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FCO Lonely Planet - Travel Safe |
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FCO Rough Guide To Travel |
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WHO on Immunisation against diseases |
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Post vaccination advice |
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Yellow Fever Vaccine - Information for Travellers |
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Malaria Prevention in Travellers |
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Tick-borne Encephalitis Fact Sheet |
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Responsibilities of the traveller |
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International Travel and Health (WHO) |
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Responsibility of the Traveller (WHO) |
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Travel and childhoood health on the web |
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Medical Conditions and travel |
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Malaria guidelines for those with medical conditions |
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non disease risks of travel |
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Personal safety |
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Sun protection |
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Sunburn |
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Swimming and recreational water safety. |
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Youth and Road Safety |
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Road Safety - Helmets |
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Injuries to the traveller |
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Travelling at high altitude |
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Altitude illness advice (NaTHNaC) |
- When are you departing and how long for?
- Where are you going including the destinations within a country?
- Are you planning on undertaking any high risk activities?
- Have you taken out travel insurance and have you informed the company if you have any medical condition?
- If female and of child bearing age, is there any possibility you could be pregnant if we needed to give you any injections?
- Do you have any medical conditions – these can interfere for example with the type of malaria tablets that can be chosen if you were travelling to a country that has malaria?
Travel and immunisation clinics at Burvill House
To book an appointment with one of our nurses please contact reception. Please ensure that you book your appointment well in advance of your journey. For some immunisations you will need to book at least 8 weeks in advance of travelling.
When you book your appointment you will be given a pre-travel risk and vaccination assessment form. Alternatively this form can be downloaded here. Please complete the form and hand it in at reception well in advance of your appointment (ideally 1 week in advance). Alternatively you can post it to us.
Your appointment will last around 20 minutes as we complete the risk assessment, decide which vaccines are recommended and advise you on which options best address your needs. Within this surgery we plan to give you the necessary injections within the appointment time to save you having to come back. Modern vaccines are excellent today, so if you do feel nervous, please try not to worry - people are always surprised at how easy the injections are and unlike experiences remembered from the past!
It would help us greatly if you had some awareness of the travel health problems that you may be at risk from on your trip before you come for your appointment. Before you attend for your appointment please go to the following website, print off and read the information for the country you are visiting and bring it to the appointment with you :
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