Aspire Pharmacy: Your Travel Clinic for Ormskirk

That’s because, depending on your destination, you may need to take extra health precautions.

Travelling can be stressful so let your local Ormskirk travel clinic help reduce the worry about staying healthy abroad.

A travel clinic is a speciality pharmacy that offers specific travel health services. These services include travel vaccinations and general advice for staying healthy when abroad.

Travel clinics are run by pharmacists with special training. Appointments are easy to make and you will be seen quickly and at your convenience.

By using a travel clinic, you will be able to access all the services you need before travelling without having to wait for a GP appointment.

Travel clinics are all about preventing you from getting ill when travelling. So travel clinics provide the following services:

Travel vaccinations

Antimalarials

Tablets for diarrhoea

Health advice

Booster vaccinations

Even if you are a seasoned traveller, you may need to check with your travel clinic pharmacist whether all your vaccinations are up to date.

Travel vaccinations allow you to maximise your chances of staying healthy when travelling. Whilst vaccinations cannot protect against every disease, you can protect yourself against some of the more serious - potentially deadly - travel diseases.

When you receive a vaccination, your body is exposed to an inert, or inactive, form of the germ you are being immunised against. Your body still reacts to create an immunity (even though there is no risk of infection). This immunity will help prevent you from catching the disease when travelling.

Your travel clinic pharmacist will be able to advise you on which vaccinations you need. Some vaccinations may take several weeks to be effective. It’s important to book your travel clinic appointment at least a month before travelling.

You can find out more about which travel vaccinations you might need from the NHS’s Fit For Travel website or contacting the Ormskirk Travel Clinic at Aspire Pharmacy.

Vaccinations can vary in price depending on the disease they protect against.

Another cost factor is whether they are a single-dose vaccine or require a course of several doses.

Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitoes. Unlike viruses, such as Hepatitis A, malaria is caused by a parasite and cannot be vaccinated against. Instead, antimalarial medication is taken that kills the parasite before it can grow inside your body. The antimalarials stop the parasite from maturing and stop them from infecting your blood cells.

Antimalarials need to be taken before, during and after your visit to regions where malaria is a risk. This is because the drugs need to be established in your body before you travel. But also to ensure any developing parasites are killed after you return home.

Antimalarials help prevent you from catching malaria but bite prevention is just as important. Your travel clinic pharmacist can give you advice on bite prevention as well as recommending suitable insect repellent products.

If you are in any doubt whether you need antimalarials, please contact the Ormskirk Travel Clinic at Aspire Pharmacy.

Aspire Pharmacy is a local community pharmacy who have been supporting customers and patients for over 50 years. We offer discreet and reliable pharmacy services in a friendly and professional way. We also offer late-night opening from Monday to Saturday to help serve our community better.

We proudly serve the populations of:

Ormskirk 

Aughton Park 

Edge Hill University 

Westhead 

Bangor’s Green 

Hurlston

Aspire Pharmacy is part of the Alamaz group of pharmacies. This family-owned local chain provides pharmacy services to the wider community of Manchester and the North West.

Our specialist pharmacists in our Ormskirk travel clinic are ready to help you stay healthy when travelling. Come and visit us at Aspire Pharmacy for some friendly advice or give us a call on 01695 580022.