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Great Park Pharmacy & Clinic on Wagonway Drive, NE13 9BH, is a few minutes north of Gosforth with free parking outside. We also see travellers from Wideopen, Brunswick Village, Hazlerigg, Dinnington and across North Newcastle.

Hepatitis A is £48 a dose, typhoid £30, hepatitis B £43.30 and rabies from £70 a dose. Malaria tablets start at £17.40 for four weeks. Every price is published on this page, and your travel consultation is included rather than charged separately.

No. You can book directly with us. Many GP practices no longer offer the full range of travel vaccines, and the ones that do often book several weeks ahead.

Six to eight weeks before you fly is ideal, because some courses need more than one dose and vaccines take time to work. If you are flying sooner than that, still come in. There is almost always something worth doing.

We recommend booking so we can give you a proper consultation slot, but ring us on 0191 447 3839 and we will fit you in as soon as we can. Same-week appointments are usually available.

Yellow fever certification is in progress and not yet available here. If your trip needs a yellow fever certificate, ring us and we will tell you honestly where your nearest registered centre is. Remember the certificate is only valid ten days after vaccination, so plan ahead.

Most travellers to Thailand are advised hepatitis A, with typhoid commonly added. Rabies and Japanese encephalitis come into play for rural stays, longer trips and island hopping. Your exact route decides it, which is what the consultation is for.

Yes. We see families regularly and are used to children who are not keen on needles. Some vaccines have different doses or minimum ages for children, and we will go through that with you.

Some can be given and some are avoided, depending on the vaccine and how far along you are. Tell us when you book and we will look at it properly with you before anything is given.

Usually around twenty to thirty minutes for a single traveller, longer for families or complicated multi-country trips. That covers the consultation and the vaccines themselves.

Yes. You leave with a written record of everything given, the dates, and clear instructions for any remaining doses in a course.

Yes. Malaria tablets are not a vaccine, they are prescription medication chosen to match your specific route, dates and medical history, and supplied following a consultation with our pharmacist.

We hold the common travel vaccines on site. If something is not on the shelf, we will source it for you or point you to the nearest clinic that has it rather than leaving you to chase it.

Here at Great Park, on Wagonway Drive, a few minutes from Gosforth, Wideopen and Brunswick Village. You book directly with us, see a GPhC registered pharmacist in a private room, and in most cases leave the same visit with everything your trip needs.

It is not better or worse, it is different. Many GP practices no longer offer the full range of travel vaccines and the ones that do often book several weeks ahead. We hold the common travel vaccines on site and can usually see you the same week. Where something is free on the NHS we will tell you, so you can decide.

A small number are normally available on the NHS through a GP practice, including hepatitis A, typhoid, cholera and combined diphtheria, tetanus and polio. The rest are private. We check your route first and tell you which of yours fall into each group before you pay for anything.

For most short trips to western Europe you will not need anything beyond making sure your routine UK vaccinations are up to date. Some routes and activities change that, including longer stays, rural travel and tick exposure in parts of central and eastern Europe. Tell us the route and we will tell you honestly if the answer is nothing.

Yes. Malaria prevention is assessed in the consultation against your exact route, the season you are travelling and your medical history, then supplied here where it is appropriate. Not every trip to a malaria area needs tablets, and we will say so if yours does not.

It varies a lot by vaccine. Some give protection for a few years, some for decades once the full course is finished, and a few need a booster before each trip. We write down what you have had and when it runs out, so the next trip is easier.

We are around fifteen minutes from Newcastle Airport by car, with free parking directly outside on Wagonway Drive. Most people come to us before travel day rather than on it, because several vaccines need time to work.

Yes. Families are common here and we will work through each person's route and history separately, because the answer often differs between adults and children. Tell us how many of you are travelling when you book so we can allow enough time.

Alongside the travel clinic we offer ear wax removal by microsuction, weight management, vitamin B12 injections, private flu vaccination and the full NHS Pharmacy First service.