Well went to docs today to sort out my vaccinations as we are going to kenya and i had to have quite few which thankfully weren't chargeable but i had a yellow fever injection which cost £55!! And i will need malaria tablets which will cost upto £55 depending on which ones i decide on. It was definatley something i hadn't planned on paying out for. Obviously i would rather pay than get really ill but just to make aware that some injections aren't free!!

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i know...so expensive! i was lucky all my jabs were free but cant belive you have to pay for some even on the nhs! xx

saying that, I have to have B12 injections every three months and I have to go and get the stuff to be injected and pay for it myself :( x

cow??? i had vit b12 injections and dont pay! howevere i dont pay for nay of my medications as have underactive thyroid glands

wats milrea??

thought she mit emean that lol crikey lass

i dint pay for mine wen i went dominican

i agree jane and they shud start chargin people that cum over to visit relatives n end up in hospital

How do we find out if we'll need any vaccinations?

Here here Becky! Couldnt agree more! I see lots of patients from all over the world who are over here 'visiting' friends and family and they come to us and get their treatment free. It sucks.

totally forgot if I need any vaccinations ... will look it up now ...

yes! i wud say so hun, its our countries protocols i reckon

£55 isn't too bad really; my friend had to get jabs when she travelled to Thailand inc a rabies shot which totalled in excess of £200. Re the malaria meds, please get the most expensive ones; they have far fewer side effects. The cheaper ones are notorious for side effects inc sensitivity to the sun and flaking/peeling skin, as well as nausea and diarrhea, and you have to take them for about 6 weeks in total; the more expensive ones are much less notorious for side effects, and you only take them for about 3 weeks.

We weren't offered the more expensive ones and I ended up having all the skin of my back peel off, as well as the skin on my legs, and I had to wear high-factor sun cream and stick to the shade as I burnt really easily (I can usually wear SPF 6 tanning oil and be fine); it basically made 2 holidays quite miserable. I also started to develop nausea and diarrhea about 2 weeks in which lasted for 4 weeks until I stopped taking them. I really really wish we'd been offered the more expensive ones as everyone I know who's taken them has been fine.