Make ‘Travel Health Pro’ Your First Destination
As soon as you start planning your trip abroad, it’s important to check out what you need to know and do to help you travel safely. You can find general travel health information, including how to stay safe and healthy abroad and which vaccinations you may need for your trip, at the website www.travelhealthpro.org.uk
Once you have visited the www.travelhealthpro.org.uk website and checked what vaccinations you need before you travel, you should contact your local participating general medical practice to discuss and to book your vaccination appointment. There are currently four medical practices located in Dumfries and Galloway offering travel vaccination.
The four medical practices are:
Greyfriars Medical Centre
33-35 Castle Street
Dumfries
DG1 1DL
01387 257752
Lochthorn Medical Centre
Edinburgh Road
Dumfries
DG1 1TR
01387 259944
Dalbeattie Medical Practice
Craignair Health Centre
Port Road
Dalbeattie
01556 610331
Glenluce Surgery
Four Winds
Main Street,
Glenluce,
DG8 0PU
01581 300315
Newton Stewart
DG8 OPU
01581 300315
Vaccines Provided Free by NHS Scotland
The following travel vaccines are provided free for residents of Scotland planning to travel abroad. These vaccinations are provided free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country.
Polio
Typhoid
Hepatitis A
Cholera
Ideally, you should receive any vaccinations 8 weeks before your trip to ensure they take full effect before you go abroad.
The vaccinations you need will depend on:
The country you are going to
Your accommodation
How long you will stay
What you will be doing
Your general health
As is the case throughout Scotland, not all medical practices in Dumfries and Galloway provide travel vaccination. Instead, you should contact your local participating medical practice directly to book a vaccination appointment.
You can find the contact details of participating medical practices in Dumfries and Galloway offering travel vaccination in the list above.
You will likely need to request a copy of your immunisation history to assess what vaccines you require for travel. To request this please collect and complete and SARs form from reception to allow us to action this request.