Moulsham Lodge Surgery

TRAVEL VACCINATIONS (from March 2012)

With immediate effect we will no longer be offering travel advice and/or private vaccinations for travel. We are however, obliged under our NHS Contract to offer certain vaccinations free of charge – please refer to the list below. If a vaccination is not listed, then we will not be offering it and you are advised to seek it elsewhere. Springfield Hospital and Chelmsford Medical Centre both offer a private travel vaccination service. Their details are below.

Patients MUST do their own research as we will NOT be giving advice. You should know exactly which vaccinations are needed before booking a routine (10 minute) nurse appointment. We recommend that you contact MASTA at www.masta.org or telephone them on 08706 062 782 or The National Travel Health Network & Centre at www.nathnac.org

The nurse will not have time or the expert knowledge to discuss any travel related queries; they will just administer the vaccination requested. The nurse may however offer advice regarding the actual vaccination (possible side effects)

The vaccines we offer are listed here:-

Hepatitis A

Typhoid

Hepatitis A & Typhoid (one combined vaccination)

Hepatitis A & B (one combined vaccination)

Diphtheria/Tetanus/Polio (this is one combined vaccination) note that unimmunised travellers require a full course of 3 doses at monthly intervals

Tetanus

We will not be offering any other vaccines for travel purposes, apart from those listed above.

Supply of typhoid and hepatitis A/typhoid (combined) vaccines (information correct 01st March 2012)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): GSK has announced that Typherix® and Hepatyrix® are not currently available. The global supply of these vaccines has been constrained due to a delay in a new manufacturing facility coming on line. GSK has had to concentrate production on critical childhood vaccines as prioritised by the World Health Organization. GSK has updated information relating to the manufacture and supply of these vaccines as follows:

Typherix and Hepatyrix - GSK expects there will be an out of stock situation until at least the second quarter of 2014

All queries relating to this situation should be directed to the GSK Customer Contact team on 0808 100 9997

Sanofi Pasteur MSD: Typhim Vi (Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine). This product is currently out of stock. We have no dates regarding when stock will be available

All queries relating to the supply of this product should be directed to the Sanofi Pasteur MSD Customer Operations team on 0800 085 5511

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Issued March 2012