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Medication Abroad

Can we remind patients to consider carefully the medications that you take abroad – see this document for full advice.

We offer a general travel service for all our patients, but sadly have had to cease our Yellow Fever Service. Our appointments for travel are very popular and are limited on our system to allow our nurses to fulfil all the needs of our patient population.

A completed travel form (see below) must be handed in to reception before booking an appointment in the travel clinic, but please check with reception our current availability as we only run one clinic a month. Please ensure your appointment to see our travel nurse is between 6 and 8 weeks before your planned travel date.

Depending on your destination, accommodation, activities and length of stay, a course of vaccinations may be required or advisable.  Other local pharmacies are able to support patients who are travelling at short notice or unable to be seen in our clinics. You can view your own immunisations if you have online access or this can be requested via the reception team. 

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below: 

Travel Vaccination Fees

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

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Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before booking an appointment with the nurse.

Please deliver a completed form for each travelling member of the family to your usual surgery. Our clinic runs on a Monday afternoon at Harvey House. You will be given 30 minutes for the first appointment. Travel appointments at Jersey Farm may be available from time to time. 

If you have details of previous vaccinations then it would be helpful if you bring these along.

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Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges.

Examples include the following:

• Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
• Insurance claim forms
• Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
• Private sick notes
• Vaccination certificates

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.

Please note that these request have an expected turnaround time of 4 weeks as these are completed outside of normal working hours to ensure priority is given to core NHS work.

• bruises
• eye infections
• sore throat
• urine infections
• cuts
• hay fever
• sprains
• verrucas
• cystitis
• head lice
• threadworms
• warts
• earache
• earwax
• rashes
• thrush
• Keeping Healthy
• blood pressure checks
• cervical smears
• dietary advice
• hormone replacement
• travel advice/vaccinations
• pre-pregnancy counselling
• well-man checks
• Contraception
• Advice and renewal of prescriptions
• Miscellaneous
• dressings
• hearing tests
• injections
• hormone implants
• insect bites
• ECG’s
• immunisations
• removal of stitches
• eczema
• ingrown toe nails

Useful tips to help make the most of your nurse’s time:

Multiple problems – please book a double appointment
Do you have a ‘shopping list’ of problems that you have been saving up? If so, please consider booking a double routine appointments.

Why?
Surgeries are booked with back- to -back appointments. To help us run to time, you may be asked to make another appointment if you have multiple problems that can not be safely dealt with in a single appointment.

Except in babies aged under six weeks (unless just sticky eyes), or for those with a bad cough and suspected chest infection.

Harvey House & Jersey Farm
Nurse clinics.

Harvey House & Jersey Farm
All GPs & Nurse clinics.

Harvey House
Monday 9-11.45am

Jersey Farm
Wednesday 9:30-11.45am

Harvey House
GP & Nurse

Harvey House & Jersey Farm
Attend: Any standard nurse clinic.