Advice For Travellers

 

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As you will be aware, GP surgeries are working under increasing pressure and are prioritising the services they can provide. Consequently, Gloucester Road Medical Centre can no longer provide a full travel clinic but is able to provide some vaccinations on the NHS that are recommended for travel purposes, subject to availability.  Information for travellers is available here

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Important 

Our travel trained nurses run a weekly travel vaccination clinic. Please note that appointments are limited and are booked on a first come, first served basis. We are unable to provide last minute travel vaccinations or offer travel appointments outside of our dedicated travel clinic. Please contact our patient navigator team to check availability. 

If we are unable to provide you with a travel vaccination appointment, then you may find the following resources helpful:

Please be aware that our travel service is only able to provide the following vaccinations:  

  • Tetanus, Diphtheria, Polio (combined vaccine)  
  • Hepatitis A  
  • Typhoid   

We are unable to provide anti-malarial medication or other vaccinations that you may require. It is your responsibility to ascertain which vaccinations are required, you can do this by referring here.  Should you require additional vaccinations or medication, then this would need to be administered at a high street travel clinic/pharmacy and paid for privately.  

General Practice sometimes is in a position such as during winter pressures or public health campaigns where urgent or immediately necessary care takes precedent over planned, non-essential care. As a Practice our management of risk would require us to decide which activities can be reduced to increase capacity for more urgent matters. Travel services would be one of those that may be considered for this.  

  

Fitness to Fly in Pregnancy Letter  

If you are over 28 weeks pregnant, your airline may ask you to get a letter from your doctor stating when your baby is due.  

The doctors at Gloucester Road Medical centre are no longer completing fitness to fly in pregnancy forms/letters. GPs are not involved in routine antenatal care in pregnancy and no longer have any access to the midwife clinical notes. Your midwife may be able to help you with the completion of these forms.