Expedition Cruise Medical

After purchase, we will provide you with your unique certificate booking reference number, which will allow you to upload your medical evidence.

Once uploaded, our doctors will review your evidence on the same day (between 9am and 9pm GMT, 7 days a week) – they may call you if they have any questions.

Once validated, we will send your expedition fit-to-cruise medical certificate to you by email and SMS. We will also complete any additional Cruise Line Forms as part of the service - there is no additional charge.

We will require you to:

✓ Upload a photo of your passport or driving license

✓ Complete an online medical questionnaire

✓ Upload your Summary Health Care Record (This is usually 2-3 pages and can be provided by your NHS GP practice reception team)

✓ Upload a short video (on your mobile) explaining why you need the certificate

Our medical letters and certificates have QR codes that can be scanned to verify the document's authenticity.

Once scanned, your personal online results portal is loaded, from where your medical letter can be reviewed and personal details confirmed.

We only provide full refunds if we are unable to provide a medical certificate.

Once our doctors have provided a medical certificate, we are unable to process a refund.

Our team will review your evidence and provide you with your certificate on the same day that evidence is uploaded (between 9am and 9pm GMT, 7 days a week).

At ZoomDoc Health, our UK-based doctors will review and sign your fit-to-cruise medical certificate. We are a UK-regulated healthcare service, and all our doctors are fully registered with the General Medical Council, ensuring professional and reliable care.

As part of our service, we will complete any additional cruise line–specific forms on your behalf. When you upload your medical information, you will be prompted to submit these forms or medical questionnaires. Our doctors will carefully review, sign, and stamp them before returning them to you, ensuring everything is ready for your expedition cruise.

Specialist cruise companies such as Hurtigruten, Antarctica Cruises, Silversea, Oceanside, Norwegian Cruise Line all require a fitness to cruise assessment and certificate before travelling to these remote locations.

If you are due to travel on an expedition cruise ship to Antarctica or the Arctic - our team of Doctors can provide a same day assessment.

As part of this assessment, our Doctors will require to see a summary of your healthcare record which must include your regular medications, any current or past significant health conditions.

An Expedition Cruise Ship Medical Certificate confirms you are medically fit to travel by sea to a remote location and is often required by expedition cruise lines before departure. With ZoomDoc, obtaining this certificate is fast and easy. Simply complete a short online medical form, and our GMC-registered doctors will review your information and issue a cruise-compliant, GP-signed certificate - delivered the same day, with no need for a clinic visit.