Travel Vaccinations

Grampian Vaccination and Immunisation Programme (GVIP) Update January 2025

The new Grampian Travel Health Service delivered by the health board will go live on 3rd February 2025. Like the previous offer it combines a nationally provided website as the primary source of information for citizens backed up by signposting and an assessment and vaccination offers.

Please visit   https://www.grampianvax.com/travel-vaccination/ 

Citizens who are part way through a vaccination course (e.g. Hepatitis A) can email in to arrange to receive their second dose by contacting the team at gram.travelhealth@nhs.scot

NHS Pharmacy First Scotland and **Pharmacy First Plus**

**Selected Pharmacies that can prescribe antibiotics for certain conditions**

NHS Pharmacy First Scotland is an NHS service provided by your local community pharmacy. 

If you have a minor illness, a pharmacy is the first place you should go for advice.

You do not usually need an appointment and you can go to any pharmacy.

Your local pharmacist or a trained member of the pharmacy team will give you advice and provide medicine if needed. They may refer you to another healthcare professional if they feel your condition needs further investigation or more specialist care. For example your:

  • GP practice
  • dentist
  • optometrist
  • another NHS service

NHS Pharmacy First Scotland | NHS inform

The link below will take you to the leaflet in other languages.

Supporting documents - NHS Pharmacy First Scotland: information for patients - gov.scot

 

Page last reviewed: 30 June 2025
Page created: 16 November 2023