We offer FREE Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) testing
Young people under 25 can get free and confidential chlamydia & gonorrhoea screening. Testing is easy, you can do it yourself, it's painless and it's completely confidential.
We also offer STD testing for adults including HIV testing.
Chlamydia is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK; affecting both men and women. Most people who have it will have no symptoms, without a test you will probably not know anything is wrong. If you or your sexual partner are left untreated it can cause infertility (not being able to have children) and long term pelvic pain. If you are sexually active and under 25 you should be tested for chlamydia annually.
Testing - Chlamydia & Gonorrhoea
Men will be asked to give a urine sample and women can either give a urine sample or take a swab. Women can take the swab themselves from the lower vagina. The test will only tell if you have chlamydia. If you think you might have another infection such as gonorrhoea, then you will need different tests. Please ask the nurse or doctor about this.
If you are under 25 and accept a test as part of the NCSP, you will be asked to fill in a form so that you can be contacted with your results by letter, text or e-mail.
Prevention
Always use condoms to help protect yourself from catching or passing on an STI. Buy condoms that have the CE mark on the packet. This means that they've been tested to high European safety standards. Condoms that don't have the CE mark won't meet these standards, so don't use them.
We also offer STD testing for adults including HIV testing.
Chlamydia is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK; affecting both men and women. Most people who have it will have no symptoms, without a test you will probably not know anything is wrong. If you or your sexual partner are left untreated it can cause infertility (not being able to have children) and long term pelvic pain. If you are sexually active and under 25 you should be tested for chlamydia annually.
Testing - Chlamydia & Gonorrhoea
Men will be asked to give a urine sample and women can either give a urine sample or take a swab. Women can take the swab themselves from the lower vagina. The test will only tell if you have chlamydia. If you think you might have another infection such as gonorrhoea, then you will need different tests. Please ask the nurse or doctor about this.
If you are under 25 and accept a test as part of the NCSP, you will be asked to fill in a form so that you can be contacted with your results by letter, text or e-mail.
Prevention
Always use condoms to help protect yourself from catching or passing on an STI. Buy condoms that have the CE mark on the packet. This means that they've been tested to high European safety standards. Condoms that don't have the CE mark won't meet these standards, so don't use them.