NHS vaccinations

It’s important to make sure that your child has all of their routine childhood vaccinations. It’s the most effective way of keeping them protected against infectious diseases.

Ideally, children should have their vaccinations at the right age to protect them as early as possible and to minimise the risk of infection.

Your GP will be able to tell you what vaccinations children need. You can also find more information about children’s vaccinations and benefits on the Vaccinations page on the NHS website.

Seasonal flu is a highly infectious illness that’s caused by a flu virus. The virus infects your lungs and upper airways, and can cause a high temperature, aches and pains. A flu vaccination can help limit your risk of getting the flu.

Our surgery offers flu vaccinations to patients. We offer two routine vaccinations – one for patients under 65 years and another vaccine for patients over 65 years.

You can contact the surgery to find out more about flu vaccinations or visit the Flu Influenze vaccine page on the NHS website.

We offer four free NHS vaccinations and general advice to our patients travelling abroad who may need to be vaccinated.

The following travel vaccines are available free on the NHS:

• polio (given as a combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio jab)
• typhoid
• hepatitis A
• cholera

These vaccines are free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country. We are unable to offer any other travel vaccinations.

We recommend booking an appointment to be seen in our Travel Clinic and help plan for your trip. It may take up to eight weeks for a full course of vaccinations, so please contact us well in advance to give yourself plenty of time if you’re planning to go abroad where you’re required to be vaccinated. We required a completed travel form before we can start processing any appointment request. Our travel clinics are very popular, if you are travelling within 4 -6 weeks, we recommend that you attend a private clinic, we can provide a copy of the immunisations on your record, these can also be seen in your online access.

Please submit your completed travel form to bnssg.bvm.travelclinic@nhs.net or hand it in to a team member at the reception desks

You can find useful information about travel vaccinations on the Travel vaccination advice - NHS.