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Get assessment and treatment guidance for altitude sickness prevention before travel. Consultation fee is £20 and tablets start from £0.50 each where appropriate.
Service summary
Pay a fixed booking deposit of £20.00 online. Tablet quantities are confirmed in the pharmacy based on your itinerary and suitability assessment.
If you fail to attend your booked date and time, the GBP 20 booking deposit is non-refundable.
About this service
Altitude sickness supports safer travel by reviewing your destination, itinerary, timing, health history, and likely exposure risks.
The pharmacist can explain prevention options, medicine suitability, vaccination considerations, and practical steps to reduce avoidable illness while away.
This service is especially useful when travel is coming up soon or when visiting areas with specific health risks.

Travel health
Altitude sickness advice shaped around destination, timing, and prevention.
Consultation £20
Tablets from £0.50 each
Travel advice
Prevention guidance
Destination-specific advice rather than generic travel guidance.
Support with prevention planning, including medicines or vaccines where suitable.
Clear advice on timing, side effects, and what to do if symptoms occur abroad.
A convenient way to prepare before travel without waiting for routine appointments elsewhere.

Prevention planning
Travel medicines, risk factors, and safe ascent advice reviewed clearly.

Travel consultation
Itinerary, health history, and altitude risks reviewed together.
The pharmacist or trained team member will ask focused questions about your symptoms, health history, medicines, allergies, and any relevant risk factors.
You will be told whether the service is suitable before anything is supplied or administered.
If the service is not suitable, the team will explain the safest next step, such as contacting your GP, NHS 111, urgent care, or another specialist service.

Before travel
Bring destinations, elevations, dates, and relevant medicine details.

While away
Leave with clear advice on medicines, warning signs, and self-care.
The service is provided privately, so the pharmacy team will explain the price and any treatment costs before you continue.
This page provides service information only. Final suitability, eligibility, clinical details, and next steps are confirmed by the pharmacy team.
For severe symptoms, chest pain, breathing difficulty, stroke symptoms, severe allergic reaction, confusion, or rapidly worsening illness, use urgent care, NHS 111, or 999 as appropriate.
Booking deposit: £20.00. Remaining balance due in the pharmacy: £5.00.
If you fail to attend your booked date and time, the GBP 20 booking deposit is non-refundable.