Travel Advice and Vaccinations

Please allow as much time as possible (at least 6 weeks or more) before you travel, this will ensure that you are more likely to be fully vaccinated before departing to your destination.

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

  • Hepatitis A
  • Typhoid
  • Diphtheria
  • Tetanus
  • Polio

Advice on Malaria will be given.

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

All other vaccines are available at the Brownlee Centre, which is based at:

Gartnavel Hospital
1053 Great Western Road
Glasgow, G12 0YN

Phone :0141 211 1089
Fax: 0141 211 1097

If you wish a Travel Advice appointment please attend the Practice and request a Travel Advice Form, or alternatively you can print the Travel Advice Form When completed this must be handed into the Practice reception desk, by yourself, (Posted or e-mailed forms are not accepted as your travel advice appointment is issued to you by the reception staff at the time you present your completed form).
This form must be completed as fully as possible and you must include a daytime contact telephone number so that the Practice Nurse or Doctor can contact you if they encounter any problems with your form.

The Travel advice appointments are only issued when we have received a completed form, once this has been received, you will be given a date by the receptionist to collect your prescription for your vaccines, and advised how to arrange to have your vaccination administered by the Nurse.

If you are unable to wait for our next available travel advice appointment, as advised by the reception staff, then you can attend any Private Travel Clinic (you can obtain these numbers in the Yellow Pages see link below, type in “travel clinic” then “Glasgow”, to display a list of clinics) charges will apply at these clinics.

If you wish further information before you travel please visit the following web sites for further detailed information.

Go to Health care abroad for information concerning medical cover in other countries.

Vaccination History

Information concerning your vaccination history can only be issued by the Practice Nurse or Doctor. Reception staff are not qualified to release this information to you. As your vaccination status is very important, your records require to be checked by a clinician. To obtain your vaccination history please submit this request in writing to the Practice Nurse. Please allow at least seven working days for your reply, there is a £10.00 charge for this service, please enclose your payment with your request.

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.