Travel Health

Travel advice

Free travel vaccinations

The following travel vaccinations are usually available free on the NHS:

• diphtheria, polio and tetanus (combined booster)
• typhoid
• hepatitis A – including when combined with typhoid or hepatitis B

These vaccines are usually free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country.

Private travel vaccinations

We do not provide the following vaccinations and you will be required to go to a specialist travel clinic and pay for these vaccinations:

• hepatitis B when not combined with hepatitis A
• Japanese encephalitis and tick-borne encephalitis
• meningitis vaccines
• rabies
• tuberculosis (TB)
• yellow fever

When you book an appointment for your travel vaccinations it would be a massive help to our Nurses if you could provide a print out of the vaccinations you require for the country you are visiting.   You can use the following websites for advice and to provide a print out:

www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk

www.travelinjections4u.co.uk