Our Nurses provide comprehensive travel health advice and arrange for appropriate immunisations. However not all immunisations are available on the NHS. Where our Nurses are unable to help, you can try private travel vaccination clinics or pharamcies offering travel healthcare services.

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

Before travelling overseas, it is important to be aware of the possible health risks and how to prevent problems, or minimise the chances of them occurring. Most importantly, you should know:

· whether there are any specific health risks in the country you are travelling to for which you need to take precautions - for example, malaria

· how to avoid becoming ill when you are abroad

· what to do if you do become ill when you are abroad

· how to get emergency medical treatment when you are abroad

Travel services offer advice on travel illnesses and a full range of vaccinations. In order for you to prepare for travel.

If you are travelling abroad you will need to start thinking about your travel vaccinations 6-8 weeks before you're due to leave as some vaccinations can take time to become effective.

Most immunisations are free on the NHS but some travel immunisations such as Yellow Fever and Rabies incur a fee.

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