Travel Clinic & Holiday Vaccinations

Our Practice is able to offer basic travel advice to patients travelling abroad. We need a minimum of 8 weeks notice in order for any vaccinations to become effective. Outwith this time, you may be referred to a private clinic.

Travel advice will NOT be offered to children under 10 years old.

We require you to complete a risk assessment form, which can be obtained from reception. You will then be given a 30 minute appointment with one of our Practice Nurses, who will discuss your circumstances with you and arrange prescriptions, if required.

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.

Please note only the undernoted vaccines are available on NHS Prescriptions:-

• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid
• Diphtheria
• Tetanus
• Polio

Advice on Malaria will be given.

Private Clinics

MASTA, 90 Mitchell Street – 0141 221 4224

Whiteinch Medical Centre, 1215 Dumbarton Road – 0141 211 9045

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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

Fit for Travel

If you wish further information before you travel please click the link for Fit For Travel where further information can be obtained relating to your holiday/travel destination.

Excess quantities of regular repeat prescriptions

A Scottish home and Health Department circular from 1971 clarifies the position on prescribing for patients going abroad for extended periods. It states:-

“If a patient intends to go away for a longer period(than two to three week’s holiday) he/she may not be regarded as a resident of this country and would not be entitled to the benefits of the National Health Service…. It may not be in the patient’s best interest for him/her to continue to self-medication over such longer periods…. If a patient is going abroad for a long period, he/she should be prescribed sufficient drugs to meet his/her requirements only until such time as he can place himself/herself in the care of a doctor at his/her destination.”

Where ongoing medical attention is not necessary, the patient may be given a private prescription.

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