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Patients who are due to travel abroad and who might require vaccinations or travel advice are encouraged to make an appointment by contacting the Medical Centre. Appointments should be made 8 weeks before departure as occasionally 2 vaccinations are required to be given 4 weeks apart to provide adequate protection. Most vaccinations take at least 14 days to take effect so if given too near the departure date you will not be protected on your holiday. Appointments are limited and we may not be able to help if last minute holiday bookings are made.
We request that patients fill in a simple form, outlining their travel plans and indicating which vaccinations they have already received (if known), prior to attending the clinic. This will enable our nurses to plan the appointment in the most efficient way.
You can obtain this form in a number of ways :
Collect the forms (one for each person) from reception at Parsons Heath Medical Practice.
Download the form (one for each person) (in pdf format), complete it and either drop it in to the surgery or post it
Travel Form 
Complete the form here -again remember a form has to be completed for each person travelling (this is not encrypted so if you have security concerns bring or post the form to the surgery in the usual manner).
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Online Travel Form
Increasingly many holidays are booked last minute. The surgery will try to accommodate you but this may not always be possible.
If no appointments are available, general travel advice can be found via the links on this website. Further advice and immunisations can be accessed from the following private travel clinics:
Aviation Medica The Premier Medical Service at Stansted Airport Telephone: 01279 661580
Address: Inflite, Hangar 1, First Avenue, London Stansted Airport Essex CM24 1RY
Email: info@aviation-medica.co.uk
Masta Travel Clinics
Fleet Street Clinic Website
Fleet Street Travel Clinic, 29 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AA Telephone: 020 7353 5678 Email: info@fleetstreetclinic.com
Trailfinders Travel Clinic, 194 Kensington High Street, London Phone 02079383999
During the clinic appointment, the Nurse will discuss your requirements, including
1.Vaccinations required
2. Malaria and its prevention CKS Patient Information Leaflet: Malaria
(You will be advised at your travel consultation if malaria tablets are required and if so, which are effective in the area you intend to visit)
Chloroquine and Proguanil can be bought from the chemist without a prescription. These drugs are only effective in certain parts of the world where the mosquitoes are not resistant.
The antimalarials: Doxycycline, Malarone, Malarone Paediatric and Mefloquine can only be obtained with a private prescription for which a charge of £10.00 is payable at the surgery. The prescription will be generated following your travel consultation and the fee is payable when you collect the prescription.
The cost of the medication itself is payable to the chemist. The price is decided by the pharmacy, and the price may vary widely between chemists. A very rough guide to the cost may be found on this link: TRAVELPHARM.COM
3. Existing medication (prescribed or otherwise)
4. Comprehensive general travel advice
Parsons Heath General Travel Advice Leaflet
Many vaccinations required for travel are free of cost, however certain vaccines do incur a charge, these are as detailed below. Please note some vaccines are not kept in stock at the surgery and will need to be ordered. If following your travel consultation you require any of these vaccines, you will need to pay prior to them being ordered. All payments are made at reception, cash or cheques made payable to Parsons Heath Medical Practice are accepted. Sorry no credit or debit cards.
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