Before we can offer travel vaccine advice or book a travel appointment, each traveller must complete a travel questionnaire.

Please complete one questionnaire per traveller, including children. You can complete the questionnaire in one of the following ways:

1. Online – request for our online travel questionnaire.
2. Paper form – download and print or collect a paper travel questionnaire from reception and return it once completed.
3. Email form – you can also complete the form above and attach to an email to lawson.practice@nhs.net.

Please give as much detail as possible. Missing information may delay your travel risk assessment.

Please submit your travel questionnaire as early as possible, ideally 6 to 8 weeks before you travel.

Some vaccines need more than one dose, and some take time to give you protection. If you contact us close to your travel date, we will still review your questionnaire, but we may not be able to complete all recommended vaccines before you leave.

Once we receive your completed questionnaire:

1. A nurse will review your travel details and medical record.
2. We will check which vaccines may be recommended.
3. We will confirm whether the vaccines are available on the NHS or privately.
4. We will contact you if an appointment is needed.
5. At your appointment, the nurse will discuss your travel risks, give relevant advice, and administer any agreed vaccines.

Please do not book a travel vaccine appointment before completing the questionnaire, as the nurse needs this information to prepare safely.

Your questionnaire will ask about:

• the countries and areas you are visiting
• your travel dates and length of stay
• the type of trip, such as holiday, work, visiting family, backpacking, religious travel, volunteering, or study
• where you will be staying
• planned activities, such as rural travel, hiking, animal contact, healthcare work, or long-stay travel
• your previous vaccines
• your medical conditions
• pregnancy or planned pregnancy
• allergies
• medicines you take
• whether you have a weakened immune system

Please include your full itinerary where possible, including stopovers and internal travel.

Some travel vaccines are available free on the NHS if they are clinically recommended after a travel risk assessment. NHS-funded travel vaccines may include:

• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid
• Cholera
• Polio, usually given as part of a combined tetanus, diphtheria and polio vaccine

Other travel vaccines are usually private and must be paid for. These may include:

• Hepatitis B
• Rabies
• Japanese encephalitis
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Meningitis ACWY
• Yellow fever
• Tuberculosis, where relevant for travel

The nurse will explain which vaccines are recommended for your trip and which are NHS-funded or private.

Private travel vaccines must be paid for before they are given. Please ask reception for our current travel vaccine price list, or view our travel vaccine fees here: View travel vaccine fees

Prices may change depending on vaccine availability and supplier costs.

Some destinations have a risk of malaria. Malaria is not prevented by a routine travel vaccine. Depending on where you are travelling, you may need advice about mosquito bite prevention and malaria prevention tablets.

The nurse will advise you if malaria prevention may be relevant to your trip. Malaria tablets are usually not provided free on the NHS and may need to be purchased privately or through a pharmacy.

Please bring or provide:

• your completed travel questionnaire
• your vaccination history, if you have it
• details of previous travel vaccines
• your full travel itinerary
• a list of your current medicines
• details of any allergies
• payment method for any private vaccines

Children should attend with a parent or legal guardian.

Most vaccine side effects are mild and short-lived. You may have a sore arm, mild fever, headache, or feel tired for a short time.

The nurse will advise you what to expect and what to do if you feel unwell after a vaccine.

If you become unwell after returning from abroad, especially with fever, diarrhoea, rash, jaundice, or flu-like symptoms, please seek medical advice promptly and tell the clinician where you have travelled.

For urgent symptoms, contact NHS 111 or 999 in an emergency.

• TravelHealthPro country advice
• NHS travel vaccinations
• NHS malaria advice
• Foreign travel advice from GOV.UK