Sexual Health Warwickshire
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.
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.
Online STI testing
If you would like to be tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and have no symptoms, full STI testing kits are available online here.
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 a number of community based contraception clinics.
Responding to Covid-19
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 Nuneaton and Bedworth contraception clinics only
- press 5 for the online free-test-me service (online sexual health testing).
Calls are charged at a local rate. Standard mobile charges apply.
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 freetest.me 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/
National HIV testing week 7 - 13 February 2022
Sexual Health Warwickshire supports HIV Testing Week, which is from 7th to 13th February 2022.
More information on HIV Prevention England and the It Starts With Me website..
Advice for women during Covid-19
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (Royal College of the Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) have produced a leaflet, Advice for women during Covid-19, with information on accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare as lockdown eases.
Click to download (PDF).
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.
More information...