Don’t let your holiday be ruined by illness. Visiting other countries carries risks not seen in New Zealand, it’s important to be informed about these risks such as air borne diseases, mosquitos, food and water quality, hygiene practices. Our travel consultation process informs you of these risks and what steps you can take to mitigate them. We encourage patients to make an appointment 6-8 weeks prior to your travel to ensure prime efficacy of any vaccinations. We may not be able to accommodate if you are traveling within 2 weeks.
A travel health consult consists of three parts:
- Travel and Health questionnaire- Fill out the questionnaire attached below to give important details about your trip and yourself. Email this through to our reception team (info@casebrooksurgery.pegasus.net.nz) and the nurse will contact you to book an appointment time.
- Nurse Travel Consult- Based on the information you have provided in your travel questionnaire the Nurse will go through with you any current alerts or risks for the country you are traveling to and any vaccinations/medications you require. They can provide a letter of medications for travel if required.
- Prescription or Doctors Consult- Based on your consultation the nurse will then organise either a prescription for vaccinations or if you need to see a doctor, a consultation with a GP. We do not carry all vaccinations in stock and so may need to order these in. All vaccinations must be paid for prior to ordering.
- Vaccinations Appointment- The nurse will give you any vaccinations required. This can be done the same day as your GP appointment as long as we have all vaccinations in stock.
To download the travel and health questionnaire click here
Cost:
Travel consults and vaccines are a non funded service. The price for a Nurse travel health consult is $70 for enrolled patients. Children (14 and under) are free with every paying adult. Then there will then be either a $20 charge for a prescription or a consultation charge if a GP appointment is required ($20CSC or $67)