Health

Passengers’ wellbeing is our foremost concern. You must advise P&O Cruises of any recent/current physical or mental condition that may require medical attention or special treatment (including the need for a wheelchair) when your reservation is requested and confirm said condition in writing with your deposit.

A booking may be refused or cancelled after deposit for:

• anyone whose state of physical or mental health renders them in the opinion of the company, unfit for travel or;
• anyone whose condition may constitute a danger to themselves or any other passenger

Details regarding wheelchair access are available on application. Your travel agent should check with P&O Cruises for details. A certificate of fitness is required for all passengers with a known medical condition. To aid in onboard medical care these passengers are requested to bring with them a recent medical history from their GP/personal physician. Passengers must bring sufficient quantities of any prescribed medicines to last the duration of the cruise.

Vaccination & Innoculation

We recommend the seasonal influenza vaccination for all passengers. Furthermore, you are strongly advised to seek advice from either your doctor or an approved public health travel advisory service to identify any specific vaccination or health precautions required for each port of call. For example:

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade www.dfat.gov.au/travel

World Health Organisations (WHO) www.who.int/ith

United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) www.cdc.gov/travel

Some countries enforce certain health requirements. Failure to comply may result in the local authories preventing passengers from going ashore and some may impose a monetary fine or deny the ship entry into the port.

Pregnancy

P&O Cruises cannot accept any passenger who will have entered the 28th week of pregnancy by the end of the cruise.

Sea Sickness

Those who have never cruised before may be concerned about sea sickness. However, all P&O Cruises ships are large ships which are fully stabilised and bad weather is not a frequent occurrence. Should rough conditions occur the majority of passengers will be unaffected and those who might be, should be reassured that seasickness can be very effectively treated onboard by the ship’s doctor with tablets at an early stage or an injection. We recommend that you bring your own supply of tablets to take from an early stage. Please note that homeopathic tablets are usually available for purchase in the shops onboard.

Medical Centre

Qualified doctors and nurses are on duty in the ship's medical centre. The medical centre is outside the scope of Australian Medicare and therefore, treatment is charged at private rates which are posted in the waiting room. Regular daily clinic hours are listed in the Sky Daily and the medical staff are on call at all other times for emergencies.