Welfare Advice Advisor

We now have a Welfare Advice Advisor as part of our staff team, they can offer a range of support for someone with money worries. They provide a person-centred approach

Travel Clinic

Travel Vaccines New Procedure

We no longer administer travel vaccines or offer travel advice.

Please visit Fit for Travel to see if any vaccines are actually needed.

Only if vaccines are needed then you should contact below:

If you live in;

North East Glasgow, South Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire or West Dunbartonshire then please use contact details below.

If you live in

North West Glasgow

Contact

  • Address: 45 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 6AE
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Call: 0141 816 1002.

Excess quantities of regular repeat prescriptions

Under NHS legislation, the NHS ceases to have responsibility for people when they leave the United Kingdom. However, to ensure good patient care the following guidance is offered. People travelling to Europe should be advised to apply for a Global Health Insurance Card.

Medication required for a pre-existing condition should be provided in sufficient quantity to cover the journey and to allow the patient to obtain medical attention abroad. If the patient is returning within the timescale of their usual prescription, then this should be issued (the maximum duration of a prescription is recommended by the Care Trust to be two months, although it is recognised that prescription quantities are sometimes greater than this). Patients are entitled to carry prescribed medicines, even if originally classed as controlled drugs, for example, morphine sulphate tablets.

For longer visits abroad, the patient should be advised to register with a local doctor for continuing medication (this may need to be paid for by the patient).

General practitioners are not responsible for prescriptions of items required for conditions which may arise while travelling, for example travel sickness or diarrhoea. Patients should be advised to purchase these items from community pharmacies prior to travel.

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