Cholera Vaccine in Romford

Who needs the cholera vaccine?

Cholera is spread through contaminated water and food, and causes severe watery diarrhoea that can dehydrate someone dangerously quickly. Most tourists do not need the vaccine — the risk on a standard holiday is very low, and food and water hygiene does most of the work. We would rather tell you that than sell you something you do not need.

It is worth discussing if you are:

• an aid, relief or healthcare worker heading to an outbreak or a humanitarian crisis;
• travelling somewhere with an active outbreak and limited access to clean water or medical care;
• going somewhere remote, where treatment would be hard to reach quickly;
• at higher risk of severe illness from dehydration.

Guidance follows NaTHNaC and the UKHSA Green Book.

The cholera vaccine: course & schedule

The cholera vaccine is oral — you drink it, there is no injection. It comes as a liquid mixed with a buffer solution in a glass of water.

• Adults and children over 6: two doses, 1–6 weeks apart, with the course finished at least a week before you travel. Protection lasts around two years.
• Children aged 2–6: three doses, on the same 1–6 week spacing.

Avoid food and drink for an hour either side of each dose.

This is one you can't leave to the last minute

Because of the spacing between doses and the week of clearance needed before travel, cholera is the exception to our usual same-day story. If you are travelling within a week, come and talk to us anyway — there is usually something useful we can do, even if the vaccine is not it.

Same-day & last-minute appointments

Same-day and last-minute appointments are available at our Romford and Dagenham clinics where clinically appropriate, so you can have your consultation and start the course today. We also keep late-afternoon slots so you can get it done after work. Book online or call 01708 897617.

What it costs

See our booking page for current rates.

Getting your cholera vaccine in Romford

Brooks Pharmacy runs its travel clinic at 12 Chase Cross Road, Romford RM5 3PR — at the top of Collier Row, about five minutes north of Romford Market on the A1112. There is free patient parking on the door, and buses along Collier Row Road stop close by. Our second clinic is at 281 Wood Lane, Dagenham RM8 3NH, just off the A124 towards Barking. Both clinics book through the same team on 01708 897617, and there is no GP referral to arrange.

We serve Romford, Dagenham and East London — including Collier Row, Gidea Park, Hornchurch, Upminster, Harold Wood, Rainham, Elm Park, Becontree, Chadwell Heath, Barking and Ilford. Both sites are registered NHS community pharmacies (GPhC premises 1031352 in Romford and 1031154 in Dagenham) — see the Romford and Dagenham NHS profiles.

This page is written and clinically reviewed by the pharmacist team at Brooks Pharmacy, led by Superintendent Pharmacist Gurvinder Singh Sembhi (GPhC 2030374) with Ali Nuhu (GPhC 2222371), following NaTHNaC TravelHealthPro and NHS Fit for Travel guidance.