West Shepton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5UH
Appointments: 01749 342863 Urgent Calls: 01749 342314
Appointments: 01749 342863
Urgent Calls: 01749 342314
Fax: 01749 344016 Out of Hours: Click here
Fax: 01749 344016
Out of Hours: Click here
Foreign travel
We are no longer providing travel advice consultations and you will need to seek this from another service (see form attached below). We are only able to provide the NHS vaccinations recommended for travel. If you require the NHS vaccinations simply return to the practice, with the form attached below completed, and book the next available appointment with a Practice Nurse. If the next available appointment is not soon enough for your travel needs then you will need to pay for the injections at the Travel Service.
You may find visiting the NHS Choices website www.nhs.uk and the fit for travel website.
Click here for the fit for Travel website.
Travel form:
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Some drugs, such as malaria prophylaxis, have to be purchased by the patient from a pharmacist for which you may also need a private prescription. There will be a charge for a private prescription.
The nearest travel clinics are as follows:
Mendip Country Practice, Church Street, Coleford, Radstock, BA3 5NQ
01373 812244 or http://www.mendipcp.co.uk/clinics-and-services.aspx?t=2
Travel Clinic Bath - CityDoc, 15 Westgate Street, Bath
020 3811 4416 or http://www.citydoc.org.uk/travel-clinics
Nomad Travel Clinic,
Abbeygate St, Bath and 38 Park St, Bristol
0134 155 5061 or http://www.nomadtravel.co.uk
Bath Travel Clinic, Pulteney Street Practice, 35 Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4BY
0330 100 4115 or http://www.masta-travel-health.com/travelclinic/mastabath
The following are Local Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres:
Glastonbury Surgery, Feversham Lane, Glastonbury - 01458 833666
The Park Medical Practice, Shepton Mallet - 01749 334383
Mendip Country Practice, Coleford – 01373 812244
Useful websites
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
NHS Immunisation - the most comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate source of information on vaccines, disease and immunisation in the UK
Boots Vaccines and Travel Advice – an easy to use guide that allows for multi-destination visits.
Medication supplies when travelling abroad
Grove House Surgery follows the NHS rules on the provision of medications when travelling abroad. The NHS allows a maximum of 3 months of medication to cover you when travelling out of the country. Unfortunately we cannot exceed this and you will need to make arrangements whilst abroad for repeat prescriptions if you will be out of the country for longer than 3 months.
If you have a Patient Access account you can access details of your repeat medication online, should you need to, for the overseas doctor.
Use Patient Access to book an appointment, order repeat prescriptions and view your medical record.
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