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Comberton & Eversden Surgeries
Travel Clinic
Travel Vaccination Service
Comberton and Eversden Surgery offers travel vaccinations that are available on the NHS.
Patients must be available to consult with the nurse at least 6-8 weeks before the departure date. If you cannot give this length of notice, then unfortunately, you will need to seek an alternative provider of travel services.
Before contacting the surgery, please visit the following websites for further information:
Under the vaccination section when you have searched your destination it states: ‘courses or boosters usually advised’ these tend to be the vaccines needed before travel, ‘other vaccines to consider’ you need to look at the type of holiday you are going on ie: backpacking, camping, and trekking you will heighten your risk factors and you may need other vaccines.
Complete Travel Questionnaire
If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel, please complete our online travel form.
It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 8 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.
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.
Nurse Review
Our nurses will then review your form and advise our administrative team which vaccinations are required.
Contact the surgery after 48 hours
Patient's are advised to contact the surgery after 48 hours of initial form submission to find out if any vaccinations are required - at which point they can book an appointment to have these done.
Vaccinations we offer
The vaccines we offer are those available on the NHS only – we offer a limited service. Planning ahead is vital as you will need to complete a travel questionnaire in plenty of time for your consultation with the nurse, and attend an appointment for the vaccination to be administered. Sometimes we need time to order in the vaccine. We do not offer a short notice service.
The vaccines we can offer are:
- Polio (given as a combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio jab)
- Typhoid
- Hepatitis A
- Cholera
There have been vaccine shortages and so we can only offer what is available to us.
In order to access our service, you will need to:
- Check the websites above for further information.
- Make sure your departure date is no less than 6 – 8 weeks ahead from the point of contacting the surgery.
- Complete our travel questionnaire available at the desk, by clicking on the link below. Return this promptly. Obtain your vaccination history on your NHS App to enter the details onto the questionnaire alternatively ask reception to print this for you.
- Contact the surgery to book a consultation with one of our travel nurses at the same time as obtaining the questionnaire (not all nurses can provide travel advice and so access to the service is dependent upon availability of our nurses, demand on the service and the required notice before departure).
- Be available to consult with the nurse 1-2 weeks after you contact us. An appointment must be booked for this.
- The nurse will assess your questionnaire, vaccinations required, give advice regarding your area of travel and vaccinations required during the consultation. The nurse will advise of the future appointments required to attend surgery to receive the vaccinations that you need. If you need any vaccines that are not available on the NHS you will need to find an alternative provider of private travel
Please return the questionnaire promptly to the surgery and contact us to make a telephone appointment.
Information on how to stay safe and healthy abroad
Fitfortravel is a free public access website providing up to date health information for the UK public on avoiding illness and staying healthy when travelling abroad.
Travelling in Europe
Your rights & EU rules
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.
As an EU national, you enjoy the right of free movement. This means you’re entitled to travel, work and live in another EU country. If you’re a citizen of a Schengen country – which is most EU countries – you’re also free to travel to other Schengen countries without the need for border checks.
As an EU national, you can also benefit from EU-wide passenger rights for travel into, out of or within the EU by air, rail, bus/coach or ship. You can travel with pets and other animals in the EU provided you comply with the rules (pet passports). There are EU limits on taking alcohol, tobacco or cash with you to another EU country. Each EU country can set its own limits or restrictions, so check before you go.
