[Tyfon]

On my last visit to the quack's last November, I noticed in the waiting room signs saying that antimalarials will no longer be prescribed on the NHS but may be obtained by private prescription. Mentioning this to the quack he actually finished my sentence when I concluded that it was cheaper (for the NHS) to pay to treat malaria on return to the UK (or while abroad where the travel insurance can pay for them)rather than provide prophylaxis to travellers to prevent infection.

For reference, the British National Formulary lists the main tourist areas of Thailand as being of Very Low Risk WRT malaria, but the border areas with Cambodia and Myanmar as "Great Risk".