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Please call 111 if you need emergency medical attention

If you need medical help between the hours of 6.30pm and 8am there are many services in place to treat people who urgently need healthcare, but it isn’t a serious or life threatening emergency.

If you are unsure of the service you need, or need immediate medical advice you should call NHS 111. They can give you advice and if you need to speak directly to a health care professional then they are available on the other end of the phone, whatever the time of day or night.

Walk in services are also available at Loughborough Urgent Care Centre.

If you do need to go to the emergency department, please think about if you can manage to get there using your own transport, or a taxi. Ambulances in the area will always prioritise the most serious cases first, so if your condition is not serious or life threatening and it’s safe to do so, we would recommend seeing if you can get family or friends to help you get to the emergency department. If you’re not sure, ring NHS 111 and they will advise you.

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Travel Vaccinations:

Castle Mead Medical Centre only provides routine NHS travel vaccinations. We do not provide any Private Travel Vaccination (Those vaccines chargeable on the NHS).

If you require routine travel vaccinations, please contact the surgery with your destination details for further information on how to book an appointment in one of our Travel Clinics.

Free travel vaccinations

Travel vaccinations are available to patients with the following vaccinations being provided free of charge:

#Diphtheria, tetanus and polio (combined booster)

#Typhoid

#Hepatitis A (including when combined with typhoid or hepatitis B)

#Cholera

#(MMR) Measles, Mumps and Rubella

The reason these vaccines are provided free of charge is that they protect against those diseases that are thought to represent a significant risk to public health if they were to be brought into the UK.

Private travel vaccinations

The following vaccinations are NOT available at the surgery:

#Hepatitis B (when not combined with hepatitis A)

#Japanese encephalitis and tick-borne encephalitis

#Meningitis vaccines

#Rabies

#Tuberculosis (TB)

#Yellow fever

CASTLE MEAD MEDICAL CENTRE TRAVAL VACCINATION PROTOCOL

1) Patient calls the surgery to enquire about travel advice and what vaccinations they need.

2) Reception will obtain date of travel. Due to timescale and appointment availability, the process should be started at least 10 weeks prior to travel. Vaccinations will need to be given at least 2 weeks before travel for them to be effective.

3) The vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine.

4) Reception will book patient an appointment in an available travel only clinic.

5) They will also make patient aware that only Free NHS vaccines are provided at the surgery and if Private vaccines are required, they will have to attend a private travel clinic for these prior to booking at the surgery.

5) If a patient declines one of the available travel only clinic appointments Reception will direct the patient to a private travel clinic.

6) Once the travel clinic appointment is confirmed a link to the government travel website will be sent to the patient via AccuRx if the patient has a mobile number.

Travel vaccinations - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Consent

Prior to administering any routine travel vaccination, consent must be obtained. This is to be given voluntarily and freely and remains valid unless the individual giving consent withdraws it.

PRIVATE VACCINE CLINICS ARE AT: Boots / Superdrug

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Travel vaccinations - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

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