PREMIER TRAVEL HEALTH CENTRE AT THE WELLNESS PHARMACY

TRAVEL HEALTH CARE

Our Travel Health Practice aims to promote the well-being of people visiting foreign countries. It principally entails the provision of pre-travel preventive care to help ensure the health and safety of travellers while abroad. Our main goals in partnership with you is to prevent infectious disease and minimise the risk of accidents when travelling.

The travel health service is an essential component of the overall healthcare provision. Effective travel care not only reduces the risk to the traveller themselves, but also helps protect the community from exposure to infectious diseases brought back by returning travellers.

Our Travel Health Service can encompass several different elements.

Travel Vaccines we offer

Cholera
Diphtheria/Tetanus/Polio
Hepatitis A
Hep A & Typhoid
Twinrix ( Hep A & Hep B)
Hepatitis B (Travel and occupational health)
Meningitis A.C.W.Y
Rabies
Tick Borne Encephalitis
Typhoid
Yellow Fever

ANTI - MALARIALS

Malaria is a life-threatening infection caused by parasites, transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Preventable using chemoprophylaxis, insect repellents, appropriate clothing, nets and screens.

SYMPTOMS

Fever, headache, chills, vomiting, seizures, mental confusion, kidney failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, coma, death.

AFFECTS

212 millionpeople worldwide annually.

We want to help you maintain good health whilst travelling abroad so you can have an amazing trip. We advise on which are the most appropriate vaccines ans ant-malarials but we also have travel health kit which contains all the essentials conveniently packed for you.

Travel Vaccinations and Health Advice Service

We can provide expert advice, vaccinations and malaria prevention that’s tailored to you and your travel plans. If you’re about to travel outside of the UK, you may need to be vaccinated before you set off for your trip. The Childhood Vaccination Programme in the UK protects you from a number of diseases, but you may need extra vaccinations or antimalarials if you’re planning on visiting certain parts of the world.

Getting vaccinated can help prevent you from getting ill if you’re exposed to diseases which we don’t normally have in the UK. We can help you understand

how to keep your risks of getting a disease low while abroad and help you work out which vaccinations and antimalarials you may want to consider depending on things like:

• Which regions you’ll be visiting

• What activities you’ll be doing

• Your age and general health

Some travel vaccinations may be needed several weeks before departure. Ideally you should see us six to eight weeks before travelling, but we may still be able to help if you’re leaving sooner. By appointment only. Please speak to our Pharmacist.

Note : These travel vaccines and medicines can be purchased online but is administered onsite in the Pharmacy.