Vaccinations before starting med school?

Also tell your GP that you're a medical student and they normally waive the fees.

My hospital required me to get it before I started volunteering so it's all done for me

Not 'normally' unfortunately. Current advice to GP practices is to charge prospective medical students and people requiring it for OH purposes.

You don't always have to pay for Hep B - I didn't have to at my GP

Well 3 separate GP's (two in my hometown and one in London) agreed to do it for free. I must have lucked out!

I almost had to have Varicella too because I'm not sure if I had it but I tested positive for the antibodies so

Occupational Health at my hospital did my course for free. I figured anyone getting work exp in a medical setting would have had to do this already? Though, I suppose shadowing is different to long-term, hands-on work.

Occupational Health at my hospital did my course for free. I figured anyone getting work exp in a medical setting would have had to do this already? Though, I suppose shadowing is different to long-term, hands-on work.

I never had any vaccinations for my long-term voluntary work?

That was lucky! I was the last person at my GP practice to get it, after that they said they were making people pay for it.

That's odd. Maybe it's just a policy in my specific trust? Or it could be related to the activities you engage in; do you have clinical/physical contact with patients (washing, toileting, obs, blood glucose monitoring, venepuncture, etc)? I must confess ignorance on what volunteers do on wards. We don't seem to have any in my trust.