In order to assist us to make a full assessment of the potential risks to your health from your planned travel, we would ask that you make a Travel Clinic appointment with our Practice Nurse. Ideally, this appointment should be made around the time of booking your holiday, at least 6 weeks before you travel.
At your appointment we may ask the following questions to help us plan for your trip:
When are you departing and for how long?
Where are you going, including the destinations within a country?
Where are you staying, e.g. backpacking, camping, hotels?
Are you planning to undertake any high risk activities?
Have you taken out travel insurance and have you informed the company of any existing medical condition?
If female and of child bearing age, is there any possibility you could be pregnant, or are you planning a pregnancy?
Do you have any medical conditions, or a history of significant medical illness? (these can influence the choice of malaria tablets we recommend)
Please fill out our Travel Risk Assessment Form before your appointment.
It would help us greatly if you had some awareness of the travel problems that you may be at risk from on your trip before you come for your appointment.
Wednesday afternoon or a Thursday morning or a Friday morning
Please ring to book your slot.
BB Sexual Health and HIV Clinic
Telephone number: 01689 866 622
Opening Hours
Closed weekends and bank holidays
Monday
09:00 – 16:15
Tuesday
11:00 – 18:15
Wednesday
12:00 – 18:15
Thursday
08:00 – 15:15
Friday
08:00 – 15:15
If you do not have symptoms, please request an STI home testing kit from www.shl.uk
If you do have symptoms, please visit Beckenham Zesty to book a face to face appointment. Slots will be opened at 12pm for the next working day. If you have any problems booking online please call 01689866622.
We are also operating a limited walk-in service for emergencies.
You will not be seen unless you’re wearing a face covering or unless you are exempt.
Please do not come in if you have confirmed Covid; if you’re concerned about Covid-like symptoms or recent contact, please do a test before attending.
For information on the vaccines offered in the UK and when to have them please visit nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations, it also explains how they work and why they’re safe and important.
Pneumonia vaccine is for patients over 65yrs.
Shingles is for patients 70 – 80yrs old.
Ensure you are up to date with all vaccines including MenACWY and MMR.
Home visits are strictly offered to those who are housebound or too ill to attend the surgery. Parents are encouraged to bring children to the surgery.
Requests for home visits should be made before 10.30am on the same day.
Please give as much information as possible to the receptionist to enable the doctors to allocate priority to your call and organise appropriate management.
The doctor on call will ring all patients who request a visit. The doctor on call may decide if it is appropriate to request a rapid response team nurse practitioner or community matron to do the initial home visit.
A follow-up visit will be done by the doctor if requested by the nurse practitioner, community matron or by the patient.
Request for a routine visit after 10.30am will be allocated a different day of the week and the patient/carer will be informed of the date and approximate time.