Travel and prescription advice

Travel advice

With a long-term condition such as IBD it helps to plan ahead for your trip. Every patient with IBD has different needs therefore we advise patients to seek specific advice from the consultant or nurse specialist looking after them.

As a guide we recommend that all our patients who have IBD and are travelling refer to this useful website. It offers helpful information regarding travel vaccinations, medication advice, travel insurance as well as other tips for travelling safely with IBD:

Prescription charges

Patients with IBD often are given several prescriptions over the year. If patients pay for prescriptions regularly they may find it beneficial and more cost effective to obtain a prescription prepayment certificate. The following website can give useful advice: