Travel Health Clinic

The University Occupational Health Service (OHS) provides a travel clinic service that gives advice, immunisations and malaria prophylaxis for those travelling on University business. Depending on the circumstances of travel, the service is chargeable to either the department or the individual themselves.

The reasons for travel on University business may include undertaking research abroad, overseas placements, attending conferences or fieldwork activities.

A travel health assesssment form must be submitted to OHS 6-8 weeks prior to departure to allow any immunisation immunity to be achieved.

Personal travel not included

Please visit your GP or a private travel clinic for advice, immunisations and malaria prophylaxis for personal overseas travel.

 

The travel health clinic service is for use by those travelling on University business. Activities covered include undertaking research abroad, overseas placements, attending conferences or fieldwork activities. The service does not include personal overseas travel.

The following groups may utilise the service:

Group Department to pay? Individual to pay? Medical School to pay? Notes
University employees        
Medical students       Overseas elective placements only
Masters students       Who pays will depend on the content of your course and local departmental arrangements. Please check with your department.
DPhil students       Who pays will depend on local departmental arrangements. Please check with your department.
Expeditions  *     

See explanatory note below

 

Please note: Expeditions

The Expeditions Council requires all official Oxford University expeditions to complete certain medical requirements prior to departure. This includes the appointment of one expedition member as Medical Officer who then attends the University travel clinic for advice on immunisations and antimalarials.

Please note, the University travel clinic is only able to give advice to the Medical Officer, and is unable to administer vaccines or antimalarials for expeditions, or see other team members.

The Medical Officer then shares the travel clinic recommendation with individual members of the expedition who then attend either their own GP or another travel clinic provider for the necessary consultation, vaccinations and prescriptions for antimalarials.

 

 

Please note: Travel advice charge

A charge of £25 will be applied to cover the travel advice for the destination(s) received in the consultation from our specialist travel nurse.

This charge is waived if immunisations or medications are issued to the traveller in the consultation.

 

You will need to complete one of the following travel health assessment forms to access the service:

 

Employees, DPhil & Masters students, and Expeditions Medical students
Travel health assessment form   Medical student elective travel health assessment form  

 

Forms must be submitted to OHS 6-8 weeks prior to departure. OHS will assess your trip, based on the information provided, and offer an appointment and/or advice if required. As part of this assessment, OHS will look at the activities you will be undertaking and the potential health implications of them on your trip. 

Submit a travel form

Contact us


Occupational Health Services

10 Parks Road

Oxford OX1 3PD

 

 enquiries@uohs.ox.ac.uk

 01865 (2)82676

 

Opening hours


 Monday - Thursday: 8.30am to 5pm

 Friday: 8.30am to 4pm

 

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