An innovative new travel health service has been launched by MyClinic.ie, meaning you can now have your travel vaccinations given at participating pharmacies nationwide, writes Trish Whelan.
After completing MyClinic’s online travel health consultation, priced at €30, a GP will advise you of any vaccinations or anti-malaria tablets you should consider and issues your prescription.
As well as advice from the GP, you also receive a personalised travel health pack by email, containing the most up-to-date information to help you stay healthy on your trip.
Once you complete the consultation you can book an appointment online at your nearest participating pharmacy to pay for your vaccinations and have them given by a specially trained pharmacist.
The service is designed to be most convenient and cost-effective way for travellers to access travel health consultations. Commenting on the launch, Dr Daniel Clear, founder of MyClinic, said: “We are very excited to be providing the first travel health service of its kind in Ireland.
“With Irish people travelling more than ever, and infectious diseases on the rise, we want to remove the barriers to accessing appropriate advice and protection so that people can stay healthy when abroad.”
MyClinic launched in 2017 as the first platform in Europe to bring together the range of primary healthcare services online.
Registration to MyClinic is free and provides users with a personal health record and interactive dashboard where they can access video consultations with healthcare professionals, order repeat prescriptions, and avail of the latest in smart home blood testing and STI screening.
Repeat prescriptions offered cover a range of common conditions, including acne, cystitis, thrush, male sexual health problems and various forms of contraception. Prescriptions are sent by post within 24 hours, or directly to a pharmacy for same-day collection, if needed urgently.
MyClinic operates a seven-day service, with a repeat prescription costing €20 and a video consultation with a GP costing €25, a significant saving on the €60 typically faced in a GP surgery.
