Travel Clinic
PHARMACIST-LED TRAVEL HEALTHWherever you are headed, travel protected. Our pharmacist-led travel clinic covers vaccinations, malaria protection and personal pre-travel advice, all based on your exact itinerary and up-to-date national travel health guidance. Book your consultation online, ideally 6 to 8 weeks before you fly.
Best booked 6 to 8 weeks before travel, but flying sooner? Come anyway, last-minute protection is still worthwhile.- Book your consultation
- Personal risk assessment
- Protected before you fly
- Itinerary-based advice
- Most vaccines given same day
- Clear prices before anything is given
The service
What our travel clinic covers
Different destinations carry different risks, and generic advice protects nobody. In your consultation our pharmacist reviews your exact itinerary, the season, your activities and your health, then builds a plan using the same national travel health guidance the NHS uses. That covers vaccinations against diseases such as hepatitis A, typhoid, rabies and meningitis, antimalarial tablets where your route needs them, and practical advice from food and water safety to bite prevention.
Most vaccinations are given during the appointment itself, and where a course needs several doses we plan the schedule around your departure date. Honest by design, if any vaccine you need is available free on the NHS through your GP, we will tell you, so you never pay privately for something you could get for nothing.
What we offer
Our travel vaccination menu
Every vaccination we offer, in one place. Book any of them directly, and every appointment starts with a personal risk assessment, so our pharmacist confirms what your trip genuinely needs before anything is given, with prices agreed up front. Schedules shown are typical, and accelerated courses are often available for last-minute travel.
Hepatitis A
1 dose + boosterA liver infection spread through food and water, common across Asia, Africa and South America. One injection covers your trip, and a booster at 6 to 12 months extends protection for many years.
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1 doseSpread through contaminated food and water, with the Indian subcontinent the classic risk zone. A single injection protects for around 3 years.
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1 doseBoth of the big food-and-water infections covered in a single injection, a popular choice for trips to South Asia. Booster options extend the hepatitis A cover.
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Course of 3Spread through blood and bodily fluids, relevant for longer stays, healthcare or aid work, and anywhere medical care may be unpredictable. Accelerated schedules can fit before imminent travel.
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Course of 3Full cover against both hepatitis types in one course, efficient for frequent or long-term travellers. Accelerated schedules available.
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1 booster doseA single combined booster if yours is more than 10 years old, recommended for most destinations beyond western Europe. Quick, simple and often the jab people forget they need.
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Course of 3For rural and remote travel, long stays, cycling, trekking or working with animals. The pre-travel course simplifies life-saving treatment if you are ever bitten, and accelerated schedules exist. Any bite abroad still needs urgent medical care.
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1 dose + certificateA visa requirement for Hajj and Umrah, with the certificate we provide, and recommended for the African meningitis belt in the dry season. A single injection.
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Oral course of 2A drinkable vaccine for travellers to areas with limited clean water, including aid and disaster-relief work and some remote itineraries. Taken as two doses before travel.
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Course of 2A mosquito-borne infection of rural Asia, relevant for longer stays, rice-field and countryside travel, especially in the wet season. Two doses, with an accelerated 7-day schedule available.
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Course of 2 to 3For hikers, campers and forest walkers in central and northern Europe and parts of Asia, mainly spring to autumn. Course planned around your departure date.
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Designated centresRequired for entry to some African and South American countries, with a certificate that is usually valid for life. It can only be given at designated centres, so book a consultation and we will confirm whether you need it and arrange the right route.
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Suitability assessedA newer option for some travellers to dengue regions, particularly those who have had dengue before. Suitability is carefully assessed at consultation, as it is right for some travellers and not others.
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Tablet courseNot a vaccine, but every bit as important. A destination-specific antimalarial course, usually started before you enter the risk area, plus the bite-prevention advice that does half the work.
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How it works
Book your consultation
Book online in under a minute, ideally 6 to 8 weeks before departure so multi-dose courses fit comfortably before you fly. Tell us your destinations, dates and planned activities.
Personal risk assessment
In our private consultation room the pharmacist maps your itinerary against current national travel health guidance, checks your vaccination history and health, and recommends exactly what your trip needs, nothing more.
Protected before you fly
Most vaccinations are given in the same appointment, antimalarial tablets are supplied with clear instructions on when to start, and you leave with written advice tailored to your trip.
This is a private service with transparent pricing, confirmed with you before any vaccine or medicine is given. Some travel vaccines are available free on the NHS through your GP, and we will always tell you which, so you can choose. Flying within days? Book anyway, partial protection beats none and some cover starts working quickly.
Good to know
Who should book a travel consultation
- Anyone travelling beyond western Europe, North America, Australia or New Zealand
- Anyone visiting friends and family abroad, who often skip protection and face the highest malaria risk
- Backpackers, cruise passengers, business travellers and anyone heading rural or remote
- Pilgrims travelling for Hajj or Umrah, where meningitis ACWY vaccination is a visa requirement
- Families travelling with children, and travellers who are pregnant or have health conditions
While you are away, and after
Most trips pass without drama, but a few situations abroad or after you return need urgent action.
- Fever during or within a year of visiting a malaria region, get same-day medical care and say where you travelled, as malaria is a medical emergency
- Any animal bite, scratch or lick to broken skin abroad, wash thoroughly for 15 minutes and seek medical care immediately, whatever your vaccination status
- Bloody diarrhoea, or diarrhoea with fever or lasting more than a few days
- A leg that becomes swollen or painful during or after a long flight
Abroad, use local emergency services or your travel insurer’s medical line. Back home, call NHS 111 for urgent advice, or 999 if someone is seriously unwell. Always mention your travel history to any clinician.
Your local pharmacy
Why Erdington Community Pharmacy
Guideline-based advice
Every recommendation follows current national travel health guidance, the same sources NHS travel services use, updated as outbreaks and requirements change.
GPhC-registered pharmacy
Premises No. 1107990, under Superintendent Pharmacist Mohammad Luqman Ghani (GPhC 2220694).
Private consultation room
Every travel consultation happens in a private room at 213 High Street, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6SS, with time to ask everything you want.
Common questions
Travel clinic FAQs
When should I book before travelling?
Which vaccinations do I actually need?
Are any travel vaccines free on the NHS?
How do malaria tablets work?
I am travelling for Hajj or Umrah, what do I need?
Do you do yellow fever vaccination?
How much does it cost?
Wherever you are going, go protected
One consultation covers your vaccinations, malaria protection and personal travel advice, matched to your exact trip. Book 6 to 8 weeks ahead for comfort, or right now if you fly soon.