Sexual Health Warwickshire
Sexual Health Warwickshire is a free, confidential and easily accessible NHS service. We provide a complete range of contraception and sexual health services, including family planning, pregnancy testing and full sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, including for HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and Syphilis.
We cover the whole of Warwickshire including the towns of Nuneaton, Warwick, Rugby and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as more rural communities. The service is for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation or race.
We have three main sites and two community based contraception clinics.
Walk-in clinics are no longer available.
Appointments are only available after telephone assessment.
Please telephone 0300 123 6644 then:
- press 1 for Nuneaton at the George Eliot Hospital
- press 2 for Rugby at the Orchard Centre
- press 3 for Stratford-upon-Avon at Stratford Healthcare
- press 4 for the sh.uk online sexual health testing service
Calls are charged at a local rate. Standard mobile charges apply.
Please note - Our service is currently closed on Wednesday afternoons to allow for staff training.
We support World Contraception Day - 26th September 2023.
"Healthy families are created by choice, not chance" - United Nations Population Fund.
Appointment times
Appointments will be booked after a telephone consultation. Telephone lines are open from 9am Monday to Friday. A receptionist will take your details then book you in for a same-day telephone triage with a nurse. Triage slots are limited.
Please note, we no longer accept walk in appointments.
| Nuneaton (GEH) | Stratford upon Avon | Rugby | |
| Mon |
9am – 7.30pm | 9am – 5pm | 9am – 5pm |
| Tue |
9am – 5pm | 9am – 7pm | CLOSED |
| Wed |
9am – 12pm | 9am – 12pm | 9am – 12pm |
| Thu |
9am – 5pm | CLOSED | 9am – 7pm |
| Fri |
9am – 5pm | 9am – 12pm | 9am – 5pm |
| Sat |
9am – 12.30pm | CLOSED | 9am – 12.30pm (1st & 3rd Sat) |
| Southam | Leamington Spa | Telephone | |
| Mon | CLOSED | CLOSED | 9am – 5pm Option 1, 2, 3 |
| Tue | 9am – 5pm | CLOSED | 9am – 5pm Option 1, 3 |
| Wed | CLOSED | CLOSED | 9am – 12pm Option 1, 2, 3 |
| Thu | CLOSED | CLOSED | 9am – 5pm Option 1, 2 |
| Fri | CLOSED | 1pm – 3pm | 9am – 5pm Option 1, 2, 3 |
| Sat |
CLOSED | CLOSED | CLOSED |
Coronavirus (Covid-19) update
In response to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak we are no longer providing walk-in clinics. Appointments are only available after telephone assessment.
Please telephone 0300 123 6644 and select the service closest to the area where you live. We will assess your needs and advise accordingly. If it is advised that you should attend a clinic, an appointment will be made for you. But please do not attend if you have COVID symptoms.
Monkeypox update
If you think you have monkeypox symptoms, however mild:
- Contact NHS 111 or a sexual health clinic immediately (Sexual Health Warwickshire: 0300 123 6644).
- Please do not walk into any of our clinics without contacting us first.
- Avoid close personal or sexual contact with others until you know that this is not monkeypox.
LGBT+ Information
Sexual health support and services for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men, for lesbian and bisexual women and for transgender or non-binary people.
PrEP and PEP Information
Information for those at risk of HIV on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).
Online sexual health testing - new full STI testing service
The SH.UK service offers free STI testing. Visit their website to see if you are eligible to order a free STI test kit.
For information on Thrush
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/thrush-in-men-and-women/
For information on Bacterial vaginosis.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bacterial-vaginosis/
Sexual health services for sex workers
We offer a free and confidential sexual health service for people working in the UK sex industry.
Honour based abuse
If you or someone you know is currently being subjected to honour based abuse, please seek help. Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Warwickshire County Council are here to support you.
Useful information
Links to other organisations that offer help and support. See also the FAQs page.
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