Our nursing staff offer routine appointments for travel immunisations, cervical smears, dressings, and other types of injections. Our nursing team also undertake the follow-up clinics for diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease. Our Advanced Nurse Practitioners run our Minor Ailments Clinic.
NHS GP practices are required to offer certain vaccinations for the purposes of travel, free of charge. The travel vaccines available on the NHS are provided because they protect against the diseases thought to be the greatest risk to public health, if brought into this country. These are:
At Shawbirch Medical Centre we ONLY provide these NHS travel vaccines. If you require other vaccines or anti-malarial treatments, you will need to access these via Travel Clinics or Pharmacies.
Vaccines ideally need to be given at least 6 – 8 weeks before departure if possible. Vaccines need time to take effect and some may require a course over several weeks.
If you are travelling abroad, please use the link below to see if you may need any vaccinations. If you think you do, please either complete a ‘Travel Risk Assessment form’ available from reception, or the ‘Travel Risk Assessment’ form below at least 8 weeks prior to your trip. Patients completing forms less than 8 weeks prior to their trip are not guaranteed being able to have travel vaccines at Shawbirch Medical Centre (consideration will be given to extraordinary circumstances).
Receptionists will then book a Travel Appointment with the Treatment Room Nurses who are trained to provide pre-travel care.
During the Travel Appointment the trained nurses go through the completed Travel Risk Assessment Form, using the website “travelhealthpro.org.uk” (NaTHNaC), to identify what vaccines are needed. These are then administered and further appointments booked as necessary.
Shawbirch Medical Centre only administer NHS travel vaccinations which are available without cost.
The following websites will give you additional travel advice.