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TRAVEL
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Trips to far away
destinations are increasingly
popular and the lower costs plus
faster transport, makes it feasible
for the many. The variety of
different adventurous type trips are
also on the increase. This is all
good news, however, with such
diversity, the risk of travel to
your health is increased and this
makes the appointment with the nurse
more complex.
For example, we
need to know about your travel
itinerary and any significant
aspects of your health in the past.
These are typical
questions we will be asking:
- When are you
departing and how long for?
- Where are you
going including the destinations
within a country?
- Are you
planning on undertaking any high
risk activities?
- Have you
taken out travel insurance and
have you informed the company if
you have any medical condition?
- If female and
of child bearing age, is there
any possibility you could be
pregnant if we needed to give
you any injections?
- Do you have
any medical conditions – these
can interfere for example with
the type of malaria tablets that
can be chosen if you were
travelling to a country that has
malaria?
We need to
perform a risk assessment before
deciding which vaccines are
recommended and the advice that
will best address your needs.
For this reason the appointment
could take 20 minutes or even a
little longer. Within this
surgery we plan to give you the
necessary injections within the
appointment time to save you
having to come back. Modern
vaccines are excellent today, so
if you do feel nervous, please
try not to worry - people are
always surprised at how easy the
injections are and unlike
experiences remembered from the
past!
It would help us greatly if you
had some awareness of the travel
health problems that you may be
of risk from on your trip before
you come for your appointment.
Before you attend for your
appointment please go to the
following website, print off and
read the information for the
country you are visiting and
bring it to the appointment with
you :
www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
Other
useful websites to look at
are:
www.fco.gov.uk
www.nathnac.org
www.malariahotspots.co.uk
We look
forward to seeing you and
helping you to travel safely.
FORMS TO
DOWNLOAD
CLICK HERE to download
our Travel Risk Assessment
Form
CLICK HERE to download
our Travel Advice Leaflet
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