Travel Clinic in Allerton

Travel clinic in Allerton

Allerton books travel the way a family suburb does: around school terms, with grandparents joining, and with two or three children who each need a different vaccination schedule. Between the Allerton Road shops and Calderstones Park, half the neighbourhood seems to head somewhere warm every summer — Turkey, Egypt, further afield — and the practical question is always the same: how does the whole family get protected without three separate appointments in three separate places? The answer is one booking, 12–15 minutes down Smithdown Road.

Travel vaccines in Liverpool: what you need to know

Liverpool's travellers don't fit one template — students on electives from the universities, families visiting relatives abroad for weeks at a time, pilgrims bound for Hajj and Umrah, cruise passengers leaving from the city terminal. Long visiting-family stays in particular carry more health risk than resort holidays, because you eat, live and travel like a local. Our Liverpool travel clinic plans around that reality, using NaTHNaC's country guidance and Fit for Travel for every itinerary.

Common destinations

Family favourites first: for Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt, hepatitis A is the usual recommendation, sometimes with typhoid — our Tunisia travel health guide covers the North Africa picture. Longer-haul trips to Asia bring rabies and Japanese encephalitis into the conversation for the right itineraries. Pilgrims need meningitis ACWY for the Saudi visa, given at least 10 days before arrival — NaTHNaC's Hajj and Umrah factsheet explains — and we administer it and issue the certificate in one visit. For Africa and the Caribbean we sort the malaria plan, prescribing and dispensing tablets including Maloff Protect on the day, and we advise on yellow fever entry requirements for your route as part of the consultation. The full range is on our vaccines page.

NHS or private?

If the trip is far enough out, your GP can give a free tetanus–diphtheria–polio booster and, for some destinations, hepatitis A and typhoid — see the NHS travel vaccinations guide. Rabies, Hajj meningitis ACWY, Japanese encephalitis and hepatitis B for travel are always private. Our clinical reference is the UKHSA Green Book; rates are on the booking page.

Why Allerton travellers book with us

Families are our thing. Most travel vaccines are licensed from a young age, and we plan each child's schedule individually — then run the whole family through one appointment, usually 20–30 minutes end to end. School-holiday deadlines are covered by same-day availability with 2 hours' notice, the consultation is free when you have your vaccines with us, and Saturday morning openings mean nobody misses school or work. Rated 4.9 by 200+ patients on Google.

Getting to us from Allerton

From the Allerton Road shops, follow Smithdown Road (the A562) toward town — about 12–15 minutes by car, with the 86 bus corridor running the same way. We're at 37 Myrtle Street, L7 7AJ, with on-street parking nearby. Neighbouring pages: travel clinic Mossley Hill and travel clinic Woolton. Call 0151 542 5420.