About this vaccine

Who needs it — Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is passed on through blood and body fluids — including medical or dental treatment abroad, tattoos and piercings, and contact sports or accidents.

It is commonly considered for people who are:

  • travelling for a month or more, or travelling often
  • working in healthcare, with children, or in an aid or rescue role
  • taking part in contact sports, or riding motorbikes and scooters
  • going somewhere medical care may involve injections or transfusions

If you also need hepatitis A, ask about the combined hepatitis A and B course instead.

Schedule and boosters

Schedule

Three doses over six months, or a faster course over 21 days when time is short.

Boosters

A further dose at 12 months after an accelerated course; otherwise reviewed by risk.

What to expect

A sore arm is the most common effect. Some people feel tired, get a headache or a slight temperature for a day.

Because this is a course, your pharmacist will plan the dates around your departure and make sure you know which dose is due when.

Report a suspected side effect to the MHRA Yellow Card scheme at yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk.

Who you'll see

Your appointment is with Nimesh

Nimesh Vansia

Nimesh Vansia

Superintendent Pharmacist & Independent Prescriber

Nimesh has been a pharmacist for more than 12 years and runs the travel clinic at Chasetown Pharmacy. He'll go through where you're going, what you'll be doing and what you've already had, then explain in plain language what's worth having for your trip and what isn't.

GPhC registration 2086824

Chasetown Pharmacy, 23 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood WS7 3XE — GPhC premises 1038499 (Medicate Pharma Ltd)

Check on the GPhC register

Not sure if you need this one?

Book a travel appointment and a pharmacist will go through your trip with you — where you're going, what you'll be doing and what you've already had — then tell you what's worth having and what isn't.

Vaccines are prescription only medicines. Suitability is assessed at your consultation — nothing is sold or supplied without it.

Book your travel appointment

Pick a time for your travel appointment

A pharmacist goes through your trip with you and works out what you need for where you're going.

  • From £XX [CLIENT TO CONFIRM: price]

What to bring: your travel dates and itinerary (including any stopovers), and any vaccination records you already have.

Book travel vaccines

Burntwood Clinic at Chasetown Pharmacy, 23 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3XE · Free parking nearby

Call us to book

Bookings for this clinic are taken by phone and email. Give us a call during opening hours and we'll go through the times that are free.

Opening hours

Monday – Friday
9:00 – 17:30
Saturday
9:00 – 13:00
Sunday
Closed

Appointments are subject to availability. If you are travelling, call as early as you can — some travel vaccines need a course started in advance.

Where to find us

Find us in Burntwood

The clinic is inside Chasetown Pharmacy on High Street. Come in through the shop and tell the counter you're here for an appointment.

Address

Burntwood Travel Clinic at Chasetown Pharmacy23 High Street
Chasetown, Burntwood
Staffordshire WS7 3XE

Opening hours

Monday – Friday
9:00 – 17:30
Saturday
9:00 – 13:00
Sunday
Closed

Clinic appointments run within these hours. Bank holiday hours can differ — please call before travelling in.

Burntwood Travel Clinic at Chasetown Pharmacy, 23 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3XE