NHS vaccinations

It’s important to make sure that your child has all of their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their vaccinations at the right age to protect them as early as possible and to minimise the risk of infection.

Your GP will be able to tell you what vaccinations children need. You can also find more information about children’s vaccinations and benefits on the NHS website.

Seasonal flu is a highly infectious illness that’s caused by a flu virus. The virus infects your lungs and upper airways, and can cause a high temperature, aches and pains. A flu vaccination can help limit your risk of getting the flu.

Our surgery offers flu vaccinations to patients. We offer two routine vaccinations – one for patients under 65 years and another vaccine for patients over 65 years.

You can contact the surgery to find out more about flu vaccinations or visit the NHS website.

Do I Need To Be Protected Against Pneumococcal Infection?

Everybody aged 65 and over should now be immunised to help protect them against pneumococcal infection which can cause diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and meningitis. Please phone the surgery during September to make an appointment if the above applies to you.

We offer routine vaccinations and general advice to our patients travelling abroad who may need to be vaccinated.

The following vaccinations are available free on the NHS from our practice.

• Cholera
  
• Diphtheria, polio and tetanus booster
  
• hepatitis A - some combined vaccines, such as combined - hepatitis A and B
  
• Typhoid

These vaccines protect against diseases which are considered to be the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country.

We recommend booking an appointment to see your GP and help plan for your trip. It may take up to eight weeks for a full course of vaccinations, so please contact us well in advance to give yourself plenty of time if you’re planning to go abroad where you’re required to be vaccinated.

Some vaccinations are ordered on a private prescription and not on the NHS, which means that these will be charged for. Your GP will be able to tell you which vaccinations you need, when you need them and if you will need to pay for them.

For other private travel vaccinations you are advised to attend a local private clinic and you will have to pay for these to be administered.
 

• hepatitis B
  
• meningitis C and other meningitis vaccines 
  
• Japanese encephalitis
  
• rabies
  
• tick-borne encephalitis
  
• tuberculosis
• yellow fever 
• Malaria Tablets

For further information please visit the following website:-http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/destinations.aspx

You can book an appointment to see your GP using our online system. You can also find useful information about travel vaccinations on the Travel vaccinations page on the NHS website.

Prepare a kit of travel health essentials, including sunscreen, painkillers, antiseptic, insect repellent and anti-diarrhoea pills. These will be useful wherever you're going.

Complete our Travel Risk Assessment here.