Important - Flu Vaccinations - If you are eligible for a flu vaccine, you can book an appointment or walk in when we are open (830am-630pm) for your flu vaccination

Bacon Lane GP Surgery

11 Bacon Lane, Edgware HA8 5AT

Telephone: 020 8952 5073

baconlane.surgery@nhs.net

If you are unwell and cannot wait until we are next open, please call 111.

Travel Advice

We currently are not able to provide travel advice and suggest you use another service. Most pharmacies offer this service (search ‘travel clinic‘ online)

https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/destinations – this website gives you all the details on requirements depending on your destination.

Information on travel vaccinations from the NHS website – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/travel-vaccinations/

Please find a general guide below. Please note travel information changes regularly and you should always check the latest updates/guidance using the links above or through a travel clinic as the below may not be upto date.

Further Travel Information 

The following websites will give you additional travel advice 

Travel Health for information of vaccinations available on NHS 

MASTA for private vaccination clinics 

Gov.uk for specific country travel advice 

EHIC to apply for your free European Health Insurance Card 

Which travel vaccines are free? 

The following travel vaccines are available free on the NHS if your GP practice is signed up to provide vaccination (Immunisation) services. 

  • typhoid  (Offered at Bacon Lane Surgery) 
  • hepatitis A  (Offered at Bacon Lane Surgery) 

These vaccines are free because they protect against diseases thought to represent the greatest risk to public health if they were brought into the country. 

Which travel vaccines will I have to pay for? 

You’ll have to pay for travel vaccinations against: 

How long do they last? 

  • Dip/Tet and Polio may require a booster every 10 years for travellers to certain areas. 
  • Hepatitis A requires a booster vaccine 6-12 months after the first, then lasts 25 years. 
  • Hepatitis B is an initial course of 3 injections and health workers will need a booster after 5 years. a blood test indicates protection level 
  • Typhoid lasts 3 years. 
  • Yellow fever lasts a lifetime. 

Please refer patients to a travel clinic for travel advice and vaccinations to: 

Fairview Pharmacy, & Travel Clinic (No yellow fever)  020 8951 0542  

Superdrug Pharmacy Travel and Yellow Fever Check with branch  

Boots Pharmacy – Travel and Yellow Fever Check  with branch 

Honeypot Medical Centre – Yellow Fever 020 8204 1363 

Oak Lodge Medical Centre – Yellow Fever 0208 952 1202 

Bacon Lane Surgery

  • Monday
    08:00am to 06:30pm
  • Tuesday
    08:00am to 06:30pm
  • Wednesday
    08:00am to 06:30pm
  • Thursday
    08:00am to 06:30pm
  • Friday
    08:00am to 06:30pm
    1300-1400 - Phone lines may be closed for practice meeting. We will reopen them as soon as the meeting is completed
  • Saturday
    CLOSED
  • Sunday
    CLOSED
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