Looking After Journalists Abroad
The Fleet Street Clinic has three decades of experience protecting the health and wellbeing of journalists covering conflicts, natural disasters, outbreaks and breaking news in unpredictable situations.
Our specialist healthcare services are especially in tune with the needs of people who travel frequently or who have to be ready for deployment at short notice to high-risk destinations anywhere in the world.
We have an established track record, and are widely known for our pioneering work in this field, supporting longstanding clients throughout the News and Broadcast sector.
We provide proactive, holistic care, with a focus on prevention, preparedness and rapid response.
Travel Health Services for Frequent Travellers
and Rapid Deployment Teams
Expert care for rapid deployment
It is all about the role, not the assignment
Traditionally, vaccine protection for breaking news coverage began only when the assignment was known, an optional afterthought on the way to the airport.
We work with you to identify those in rapid deployment roles. We prepare them fully in advance, so that they are well protected, well equipped, well screened for any active health issues that might hold them back. We make sure they are confident in their readiness for deployment.
We first developed this approach in the mid-1990s, when it was far from the norm: a Reuters TV cameraman had a near miss with cerebral malaria on assignment in Rwanda, and Reuters asked us to implement a definitive strategy to avoid any similar recurrence.
Experience has repeatedly validated our approach, now the gold standard for preparing and looking after news teams around the world.
Ensuring your team is always ready
How we can help:
We’ll work with you to identify and reach out to anyone you may need to deploy rapidly.
We raise vaccine protection and awareness of travel health precautions to an agreed baseline level.
We proactively maintain this protection, individually, across teams, and over time.
We ensure that your organisation always has up to date information about the health status of the entire rapid deployment team.
Trusted care
From an experienced and responsive team
We provide clear information, advice and care – for individuals and for organisations. Our support is consistent, trusted and authoritative.
We are a single point of contact for medical support, accessible 24/7.
As a fully resourced medical centre, we deliver ongoing, holistic care, geared to supporting staff, preventive care, and identifying and resolving health issues at an early stage.
Medical kits and supplies
We provide bespoke, comprehensive medical and trauma kits, containing prescription medicines to help manage a broad range of medical problems abroad.
We carry a massive stock of medicines and supplies to support international assignments of all types. These range from specialist supplies covering specific risks (e.g. CBRN), to supplies for travel to war or disaster zones.
We can prescribe medicines to be retained at news bureaux for use by staff who might need them for rapid deployment, with step-by-step, 24/7 support.
Supporting you and your team while away
24/7 access to specialist advice
We provide reach-back and remote medical support, including medical crisis management of serious incidents abroad – from kidnap to serious injury, including advice, case management and specialist referral on return home. We are able to work seamlessly with medical evacuation/air ambulance services.
Post-assignment Care
Looking after your staff doesn't end when the assignment is over
We provide comprehensive post-travel care, including:
- Infectious and parasitic disease screening, investigation and treatment
- General medical checks
- Psychological assessment and support
- Screening tailored to specific issues (e.g. following radiation exposure)
- Onward referral to specialists
- Crisis management
Contact us now to find out how we can help your team
Our Patients Speak for Us
David Butler
Very easy to set up the appointment, warm and professional welcome - very transparent medical advice on a vaccine. They were all fabulous!
Kim London
Prompt access to knowledgeable and sympathetic advice and a reliable recommendation that will make me feel like 'a new woman'. What a relief! Thank you Dr Griffiths.
Mark Tebbit
On repeated occasions over the last year, I have received A1 treatment from the Fleet Street Clinic. Short-notice appointments, face to face and on the phone, for emergency conditions and quick prescriptions from excellent doctors have helped me enormously. The Reception Team are also highly professional. I couldn't recommend it more strongly.
Mrs L Butler
From the moment I arrived I was treated with care, kindness and respect. There was no waiting around, care was highly competent, reassuring and knowledgeable. I got everything I needed in 1 trouble free visit and left grateful for the service. I would definitely use again. The building is traditional, in an historic part of London, so if you are looking for gleaming chrome and plastic minimalist clinic aesthetic this isn’t you but the service and facilities are fully up to date.
Liz N
Excellent service, well organised travel clinic with expert and well trained staff. Highly recommended.
Richard Andrews
A really great private GP service. Warm, friendly and professional doctors who make you feel special and heard. The appointments are never rushed and you are properly examined and treated. Highly recommended.
Vlad Cochintoiu
Had a great experience booking and getting a last minute rapid rabies jab with Fleet Street Clinic! They even booked me in out of hours for my jab because it was the only way to do it before my travels! Thank you to everyone who assisted me.
AES
The best in London. I have been coming here for over 20 years. Professional, easy and provide a comprehensive offering. Travel vaccinations, shingles vaccine & most recently covid vaccine.
Cian Haynes
I highly recommend Fleet Street Clinic for travel vaccines. The experience was smooth and professional. Chiara was incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and reassuring. She thoroughly explained each vaccine and made me feel at ease. The vaccinations were quick and relatively painless, with excellent aftercare advice. I feel well-protected for my travels thanks to Chiara and the team!
Hannah
I went to Fleet Street Clinic to get the rabies vaccine and it was a great service! The jabs were the cheapest I could find around London but the clinic was really clean and professional. Would recommend to come here for travel vaccines!