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The practice
nurse is happy to give advice, by
appointment, on vaccination and
other health requirements for
foreign travel. Alternatively, you
can obtain travel and travel
vaccination advice from either
The Travel Doctor,
Fit for Travel or from the
Department of Health’s own travel
advice website
National Travel Health Network and
Centre.
Following appropriate assessment,
vaccinations will be scheduled as
needed. Please be aware some
vaccinations take several weeks to
become fully effective so don’t
leave arrangements until the last
minute where possible to ensure you
are fully protected.
Please note for some
vaccinations there may be a charge.
Shakespeare Surgery is a
designated WHO Yellow Fever
Vaccination Centre.
Yellow Fever vaccine is very
effective against this deadly
disease. It protects you from 10
days after the vaccination, and is
administered in a single injection.
It is vital that you have this
vaccination for all areas where the
disease occurs. The current advice
is to have the vaccination repeated
every 10 years.
In countries where there are
mosquitoes that could transmit the
virus, actual documentation is
required before you can obtain
permission to enter the country,
which states that you have been
vaccinated against yellow fever.
This can only be provided by a stamp
in the yellow international
vaccination card issued by a WHO
recognised vaccination centre.
Not all GP surgeries are recognised
as having sufficient
knowledge/skills to give this
important vaccination and as such
you do not need to be a patient of
Shakespeare Surgery for us to
vaccinate you against Yellow Fever.
For a list of
prices for NON Shakespeare Surgery
patients for travel clinic services
click here.
IMPORTANT
This vaccine is sometimes difficult
to obtain, so we require notice that
you need this vaccination so that we
can ensure that we have supplies of
the vaccine beforehand.
Malaria
Malaria is a dangerous tropical
infection against which you will
need to take precautions before
travel.
We will provide private
prescriptions for malaria tablets
following a consultation with the
GP/practice nurse. Before making an
appointment for a telephone
consultation you should:
- Have a full
travel plan for where/when you
are going
- Ensure you
are not pregnant or intending to
conceive in the time the
anti-malaria tablets are being
taken
- Intend using
other anti-mosquito precautions
such as repellent sprays and bed
nets
Please
Note:
There may be a
fee for
the private prescription.
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