Sexual Health – local (peripheral) clinics
Patients need to pre-book and there is no walk-in service. Please see ‘how to refer’ for further details.
Lothian Sexual Health clinics are distributed throughout Lothian. They offer a range of sexual health services for men and women of all ages. All peripheral clinics offer:
- Contraception information and provision including condoms and emergency contraception
- STI testing for men and women including for HIV
- Pregnancy testing/counselling/referral, emergency contraception
- Cervical screening (opportunistically where the woman is attending for another reason: routine screening is offered in general practice)
- Menopause and premenstrual syndrome advice
- Implant and IUD insertion and removal.
If for any reason, the peripheral clinic is unable to provide the sexual health service needed, the patient will be guided to a service elsewhere. For urgent or complex problems, the clinic will arrange for the patient to be seen at Chalmers Centre for Sexual Health in Edinburgh.
Please see peripheral clinics and what they offer – this link can helpfully be shared with patients.
Who to refer:
- Men /women who require HIV PEP
- Men who request vasectomy
- Women with complex contraceptive problems
- Women who request an abortion where a GP referral to gynaecology cannot be made (but please also note women can self-refer).
- Women who request IUD/S or contraceptive implant insertion or removal where this cannot be provided locally.
- Women /men who have been sexually assaulted
Who not to refer:
- Men /women with diagnoses of HIV, syphilis or gonorrhoea should be seen in Chalmers Centre
- Men and women at low risk who require tests for STI and HIV. (GPs can now offer a full set of STI tests by means of dual NAAT Testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea.)
- men /women with new presentation of genital warts
- Women well established with an effective method of contraception who require a routine repeat supply.
- Women who require a routine cervical smear.
- Men and women who require investigation of fertility.
- Men with erectile dysfunction
- Women with gynaecological problems (Please refer to Chalmers Gynaecology)
How to refer:
Please phone 0131 536 1070 to book an appointment or you can book an appointment on line: Book an Appointment | Lothian Sexual Health
GP referral via sci gateway.
