If you are planning to travel abroad, you may require vaccinations or travel health advice depending on your destination, length of stay, and planned activities.

To help us manage requests safely and efficiently, please read the information below, as this explains how we assess and manage travel vaccination requests.

Step 1 – Check your vaccine history

You can view your vaccination record using the NHS App, which displays vaccinations recorded in your GP record.

If you do not currently have access to the NHS App, please contact our reception team and they will be happy to help you get set up.

Please note that the information shown in the NHS App is the same as what is held in your GP record. If you believe a vaccination is missing from your record, you will need to contact the service or provider where the vaccination was given so they can arrange for the information to be sent to us.

Step 2 – Check Travel Advice

Once you know your vaccination history, please use the links below to check travel vaccine guidance for the countries you are visiting. This will help you understand:

• Which vaccines are recommended or required for your destination
• Any additional precautions depending on the activities you have planned

NHS Travel Vaccination Advice: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/travel-vaccinations/travel-vaccination-advice/

TravelHealthPro (NatHNaC): https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/

After reviewing this information, you will have a better idea of whether you may need further advice or vaccinations from the practice.

Vaccines we Provide on the NHS

We can provide certain travel vaccines free of charge on the NHS, depending on national guidance and your circumstances. These may include:

• Polio (given as a combined diptheria/tetanue/polio jab)
• Typhoid
• Hepatitis A
• Cholera

Vaccines Not Provided by the Surgery (Non NHS)

Some travel vaccines are not available on the NHS at our surgery and must be obtained privately. These include, but are not limited to:

• Hepatitis B
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Menigitis
• Rabies
• Tick-bone encephalitis
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Yellow Fever
• Chikungunya
• Dengue

If you require any vaccines not available at the surgery, or need urgent vaccination due to travel within 4 weeks, we will advise you to contact a private travel clinic.

Local Private Travel Clinics

Blackburn Travel Clinic – Blackburn Travel Clinic – Blackburn Travel Clinic

Longridge Travel Health Clinic – Longridge Travel Health Clinic – Expert Independent Care

Superdrug Health Clinics (Blackburn) – Blackburn – Superdrug Health Clinic

CityDoc (Burnley Clinic) – CityDoc In-Pharmacy Travel Clinic, Burnley (Nelson)

If you feel you may require vaccinations that we provide, would like further advice, or are unsure, please complete our Travel Health Questionnaire.

If more than one person is travelling, a separate form must be completed for each individual.

Once the form has been submitted, you will hear back from the practice within 5 working days.

Please ensure the form is completed in full, including your vaccination history. If the form is incomplete, we will ask for it to be resubmitted before it can be reviewed, which may delay our response.