From 1st April 2022 the way you receive your vaccinations for overseas travel will change. This means that you will no longer receive these from your GP, instead you can book your vaccination via one of the following outlets. The changes are for both adult and childhood travel vaccinations. It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible.
Travel clinic will be changing from 1st April 2025 to be city wide service and will be offered
Parkview Resource Centre
152 Wellshot Road
Glasgow
G32 7AX
The telephone contact number is 0800 917 6115
There are 4 Travel Vaccinations available as part of NHS provision:
· DTP
· Typhoid
· Hepatitis A
· Cholera
Any other Vaccinations will incur a fee and patients will be advised where this service can be accessed. We ask that where possible patients give as much notice as possible for travel vaccinations.
Travel Advice
To find out more about the vaccinations you may require for your travel destination you can visit the Fit for Travel website at Home – Fit for Travel
Healthy Travel Leaflet
You may find the following leaflet helpful when making your travel arrangements.
Advice on Malaria will be given.
Please download and print our useful guide below about Mosquito advice.
Hepatitis immunisation
Immunisation against infectious Hepatitis (Hepatitis A) is available free of charge on the NHS in connection with travel abroad. However Hepatitis B is not routinely available free of charge and therefore you may be charged for this vaccination when requested in connection with travel abroad.
Private Travel Clinics
If you are unable to wait for our next available travel advice appointment, as advised by the reception staff, then you can attend a MASTA clinic or any other Private Travel Clinic. Please be aware that charges will apply.
Masta
Masta offer travel health consultations, vaccinations (including yellow fever at MASTA nurse lead clinics and selected community pharmacies), antimalarials and travel related retail items. MASTA (Medical Advisory Service for Travellers Abroad), was established over 30 years ago and we now operate one of the largest network of private travel clinics in the UK.
Excess quantities of regular repeat prescriptions
Under NHS legislation, the NHS ceases to have responsibility for people when they leave the United Kingdom. However, to ensure good patient care the following guidance is offered. People travelling to Europe should be advised to apply for a Global Health Insurance Card.
Medication required for a pre-existing condition should be provided in sufficient quantity to cover the journey and to allow the patient to obtain medical attention abroad. If the patient is returning within the timescale of their usual prescription, then this should be issued (the maximum duration of a prescription is recommended by the Care Trust to be two months, although it is recognised that prescription quantities are sometimes greater than this). Patients are entitled to carry prescribed medicines, even if originally classed as controlled drugs, for example, morphine sulphate tablets.
For longer visits abroad, the patient should be advised to register with a local doctor for continuing medication (this may need to be paid for by the patient).
General practitioners are not responsible for prescriptions of items required for conditions which may arise while travelling, for example travel sickness or diarrhoea. Patients should be advised to purchase these items from community pharmacies prior to travel.