Which services are available at the Brownlee Travel Clinic?
Pre-travel clinic
- The Clinic offers specialist consultant-led pre-travel advice to travellers who may be at greatest risk of travel-associated infections or other health hazards
- Most travellers will be seen at the nurse-led NHS Travel Health Service where you will receive a thorough Travel Health Risk Assessment and one or more of the free NHS travel vaccinations (if indicated)
- Travellers may be referred for a subsequent appointment at the Brownlee if undertaking a particularly complex travel itinerary. Examples include: travelling across multiple international borders in tropical areas, travelling in high risk areas for 6 months or more, and travelling for volunteering or humanitarian work
- Travellers who are immunosuppressed, or pre-immunosuppression, will be offered an appointment directly at the Brownlee
- The Brownlee may offer you additional vaccinations or medications, such as anti-malarial tablets, which will incur a charge. This will be discussed at your appointment.
Post-travel clinic
- The Brownlee also operates a clinic for unwell returning travellers. Appointments are offered following a referral from a hospital doctor or your GP. No self-referrals will be accepted
- Returning travellers who are acutely unwell should contact their GP, NHS 24 on 111 or A&E.
Which services are not available at the Brownlee Travel Clinic?
- The Brownlee Travel Clinic does not provide telephone advice to members of the public. Travel health advice for the public is available via www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
- The Brownlee Travel Clinic does not provide telephone advice to health professionals. Travel health professionals should seek advice from Public Health Scotland’s Travel and International Health team via www.travax.nhs.uk.
How can I make an appointment at the Brownlee Travel Clinic?
- Travellers seeking an appointment at any of our NHS Travel Health Services should call 0800 917 6115 or email Ggc.VaccinationContactCentre@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.
- Travellers who are immunosuppressed, or pre-immunosuppression, can be referred to the Brownlee Centre Travel clinic by their GP or the Specialist team looking after them.
Where is the Brownlee Travel Clinic?
- The clinic is situated in the Brownlee Outpatients Department, Lower Ground, Brownlee Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0YN
- It is open on Wednesday, 9.30am to 12.30pm and can only accept patients who live in the Great Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area.