Travel destination
Istanbul, Cappadocia and the Turquoise Coast. A popular short-haul trip with a short, sensible vaccine list.
Turkey is low to moderate risk for most travellers. The main steps are up-to-date routine UK vaccines and hepatitis A and typhoid, especially for longer trips, rural areas or eating widely outside resorts. Malaria is very limited and yellow fever is not a risk, though a certificate may apply if arriving from a risk country.
Turkey spans Istanbul, the coast and rural Anatolia, and for most travellers it is a lower-risk trip focused on routine cover and food-and-water protection.
Your pharmacist tailors advice to your route at South London Clinic.
Vaccines
A starting point, not a prescription. What you actually need depends on where exactly you're going, what you'll be doing, how long for and what you've already had — a pharmacist confirms all of it at your appointment.
What to check before you fly
No vaccination certificate is routinely required for UK travellers going directly to Turkey. Entry requirements change — we confirm the current rules for your exact itinerary at your appointment.
Bites, risk and tablets
Malaria risk changes by region, altitude and season, and depends on exactly where you are going and when. We check the current TravelHealthPro country advice against your itinerary at your appointment, and talk you through bite avoidance and, where it is needed, antimalarial tablets.
Give yourself enough time
Ideally see us six to eight weeks before you travel, as some vaccines are given as a course over several weeks. A rabies course runs over about three to four weeks, so start that one early. Travelling sooner than that? Book anyway — there is usually still something worth doing.
Istanbul and the resort coast are lower risk than rural eastern Anatolia or a long overland trip, so what you need leans on your route, at your South London Clinic consultation.
Most travellers should confirm routine UK vaccines, tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR, are up to date. Hepatitis A and typhoid are worth considering, particularly for longer trips, rural travel or eating widely outside resorts; the NHS lists both among common recommendations. Hepatitis B and rabies come in for longer or rural stays; rabies is present in parts of Turkey, so animal bites need urgent care.
Malaria risk in Turkey is very limited and largely historical in most tourist areas; the TravelHealthPro Turkey page sets out the current position, which we check. There is no yellow fever risk in Turkey, though a certificate can be required if arriving from a risk country.
A few weeks ahead is usually enough, more if you need a vaccine course.
Q: Which vaccines do I need for Turkey?
A: A routine vaccine check plus hepatitis A and typhoid for most; hepatitis B and rabies for longer or rural trips.
Q: Is there malaria in Turkey?
A: Very limited; most tourist trips need no antimalarials. We check the current advice.
Q: Is rabies a risk in Turkey?
A: It is present in parts, so any animal bite needs urgent care.
Who you'll see
Superintendent Pharmacist & Independent Prescriber
Rafay has been a pharmacist for more than 12 years and runs the travel clinic at Hills 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 2240995
Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, South London SE11 4HQ — GPhC premises 1093041 (Marlborough UK Limited)
Check on the GPhC registerA check that routine UK vaccines are up to date, plus hepatitis A and typhoid for most travellers, especially for longer trips, rural areas or eating widely outside resorts. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic tailors it.
Risk is very limited and largely historical in tourist areas. Most trips need no antimalarial tablets; we check the current TravelHealthPro advice against your route.
Rabies is present in parts of the country, so any animal bite, scratch or lick needs urgent care. Pre-travel doses are worth discussing for longer or rural trips.
A few weeks is usually enough, or longer if you need a vaccine course.
Book a travel appointment and a pharmacist will go through your itinerary 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 and antimalarial tablets are prescription only medicines. Suitability is assessed at your consultation — nothing is sold or supplied without it.
Book an appointment
Appointments are with a pharmacist at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane — free parking nearby.
What to bring: a list of any medicines you take, and any records that are relevant to what you're coming in for.
Book an appointmentSouth London Clinic at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, South London, Lambeth, SE11 4HQ · Free parking nearby
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
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
The clinic is inside Hills Pharmacy on High Street. Come in through the shop and tell the counter you're here for an appointment.
Address
South London Travel Clinic at Hills Pharmacy99 Kennington LaneOpening hours
Clinic appointments run within these hours. Bank holiday hours can differ — please call before travelling in.
South London Travel Clinic at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, Lambeth, SE11 4HQ