The Minster Practice, Lichfield

We have received several requests for information about vaccinations for travel abroad to be displayed on the site but the area is complex. Unfortunately there is no single website that provides this information to the standard required by the practice. There are some links from this website but they cannot provide sufficient information for you to decide your protection needs. Our nurses receive weekly updates of requirements for most countries and we have several internet links that we use for unusual itineraries. Where the recommendations from different sources vary we contact specialist consultants to clarify the situation.

 Your travel agent may well say no vaccines are required for your holiday but the agent may only be referring to no vaccines being a requirement for ENTRY TO the country you are visiting. Our advice is based on an assessment of the health risks related to your visit. If you can avoid some of those risks by immunisation it is wise to do so.

If your travel itinerary indicates the need for a complex immunisation schedule, we may need up to 12 weeks to complete the schedule and some vaccines take time to become effective, e.g. up to 6 months for adequate protection against hepatitis B. As some procedures may not be acceptable to you, you should discuss your plans WELL BEFORE booking your travel. The same message applies to malaria prevention other health matters not covered by usual immunisations.

For registered patients, if it is possible to provide protection within NHS rules, we do not at present levy any additional charge even when we are allowed to do so. Increasingly exotic travel means that several vaccines are not available at NHS expense & have to be purchased privately. For these we will give you a private prescription and the pharmacist will charge you for the vaccine.

Although we can charge for issuing private scripts for travel abroad and for the administration of some vaccines, we do not do so at present for registered patients. Those not registered with the practice will be charged our standard fee for administration of the vaccine at the time the prescription is supplied.

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