Sexual Health

You can get free contraception from Sexual Health Sheffield, your GP (doctor), or some pharmacies.

Sexual Health Sheffield can give you advice and provide emergency contraception, the pill, the coil, and the implant.

Visit the Sexual Health Sheffield website to learn more about their contraception services.

You can book an appointment for an STI check, treatment, or contraception by calling Sexual Health Sheffield by calling 0114 226 8888.

Address:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF

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Opening times:

• Monday–Thursday: 8:30am–7pm

• Friday: 8:30am–5pm

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If you find it hard to get an appointment, you can also ask your GP (doctor) for help.

When you arrive, the receptionist will ask for your name and a few details. Then they will ask you to sit and wait until your name is called.

If you feel uncomfortable, you can ask to talk somewhere more private. You can also tell the receptionist that you would rather give your details to the doctor or nurse instead.

You can bring someone you trust to your appointment.

You will only need an examination if you have symptoms of an infection.

If you are attending a sexual health screen for possible infections, you will be asked for a urine sample or vaginal swab, a blood sample and maybe an oral and/or anal swab dependent on the type of sex you have. But you are in control of the situation and only samples you consent to give will be taken. If swabs are needed, you may be able to take them yourself.

If you need an interpreter for your appointment, the clinic can arrange one for you. This is free. They will need a few days to organise it.

If you want, you can also bring a friend or family member who speaks English.

In an emergency, a telephone interpreter can be used.

Sexual Health Sheffield has a portable loop which you can request for use during your consultation. Please speak to a receptionist to organise this.

You can get self-screening kits for chlamydia and gonorrhea without an appointment at these locations:

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

• Address: Glossop Road, S10 2JF
  
  
• Opening times:
  
  • Monday: 9am–6pm
    
  • Tuesday & Wednesday: 9am–3:30pm
    
  • Thursday: 11am–6pm
    
  • Friday: 9am–12pm
    
    

Unit 73, Moor Market

• Opening times: Wednesday & Thursday 12:15pm–3pm
  
  

On arrival:

1. Choose the testing kit you need
   
2. Complete the registration form
   
3. Complete your samples and put them with the form in the sample collection box
   
   

You can also ask at reception for a blood test for HIV and syphilis to do a full routine STI check.

If you live in Sheffield, you can request a free self-testing kit to use at home.

Sexual Health Online is for people without symptoms.

• If you do not have symptoms and have not knowingly had contact with someone with an infection:
  
  
  1. Register online and complete the consultation
     
  2. If the service is suitable, a free kit will be posted to you
     
  3. Collect your samples and return them for testing
     
     

The results will be available and sent to you within a few days.

There is a sexual health youth clinic at Sexual Health Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Entrance 11a, B Road.

The clinic provides:

• STI testing and treatment
  
• Contraception advice and services
  
  

Opening times:

• Monday: 2pm–6pm
  
• Thursday: 2pm–6pm