Vaccinations for holidays - paying v new GP and records

steve1500

GP records move electronically from practice to practice.

Once the new practice have said you are registered with them, the old practice should not be accessing your records

Pollycat

Katiehound wrote: »

I had cholera vaccine last year- free

Yellow Fever- be aware you only need one in your lifetime now, any certificate, however old, is valid

I don't remember all those being recommended- I think they said that I might consider.

Personally, I think it's important (for me and mine) to have recommended vaccinations. i.e. those mentioned on the health websites (I use Travelpro which used to be NATHNAC to research myself before I go to see my practice nurse so I can have an informed discussion instead of agreeing to everything. They use similar sources for infromation.)

This is what it says:

Most Travellers The vaccines in this section are recommended for most travellers visiting this country. Information on these vaccines can be found by clicking on the blue arrow. Vaccines are listed alphabetically.
Hepatitis A

Tetanus

Typhoid

Personally, I will not have a vaccination that is only recommended for a group of individuals that I don't fall into or for visiting an area that I'm not going to visit.
For example, on Ngozi's list, there is Japanese Encephalitis.
This is what Travelpro say about this:

Most Travellers

The vaccines in this section are recommended for most travellers visiting this country. Information on these vaccines can be found by clicking on the blue arrow. Vaccines are listed alphabetically.
Hepatitis A

Tetanus

Typhoid


Some Travellers

The vaccines in this section are recommended for sometravellers visiting this country. Information on when these vaccines should be considered can be found by clicking on the arrow.


Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a viral infection transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. These mosquitoes usually bite between dusk and dawn, mainly in rural areas; especially where there are rice fields, swamps and marshes. Mosquitoes become infected by biting JE infected animals (particularly pigs) or birds.
Travellers are at increased risk of infection when visiting rural areas. Short trips (usually less than a month) especially if only travelling to urban areas, are considered lower risk.

If the OP is on a cruise, I'd guess that it is unlikely they will be spending time in rural areas between dusk and dawn.
If they are spending time in areas like that, they can make their own mind up whether to have the vaccination or not.


JE is not on the 'recommended for some people' list for UAE.



Here is the link:
https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/

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lookstraightahead wrote: »

Anyone know why it takes months? Do they transfer them by pigeon

When the CQC inspected my surgery 16 months ago they found six sacks full of unopened records from newly registered patients. The records from my previous GP still haven't arrived after 59 years.

steve1500

lookstraightahead wrote: »

y? Anyone know why it takes months? Do they transfer them by pigeon

They privatised it & is now done by Crapita - say no more

814man

Medical records are transferred electronically overnight. Your new practice where you register sends an electronic request and the old one accepts it. I literally work on this system which is used by by 99% of practices in the country. Fully described here:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/gp2gp