Sexual health

We provide free and confidential sexual health services across four sites in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich.

Services offered

Our sexual health clinics are dedicated to testing and treating a wide range of sexual health conditions led by specialist medical teams. Services offered include:

  • Tests and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • Genital warts treatment including cryotherapy
  • HIV testing
  • Services for young people
  • Emergency hormonal contraception
  • PEP (post exposure prophylaxis)
  • PrEP (pre exposure prophylaxis)
  • Vaccinations
  • Genital skin care and advice

Please note we do not offer cervical smears – please contact your GP if you need to have this done.
 

Clinics in Lewisham

Lewisham Sexual Health Services are run from the three sites below.

You can book an appointment online (via the 'book now' button') or by telephone (numbers listed below). 

Walk-in appointments are also available for under 25s at our Downham Health and Leisure Centre clinic.

Downham Sexual Health Clinic to close

We want to let you know that the sexual health sessions held in Downham will stop from 1 April 2023. You can still get an appointment at the Waldron Centre and Hawstead Road clinics, or from other services in the borough. Please see below for some options and alternative sexual health services.

You have several options:

  • You can order a free home testing STI kit or regular contraception, including emergency oral contraception, from Sexual Health London. 
  • You can book an appointment below at one of our other sexual health clinics, Waldron Health Centre or Hawstead Road. Remember, if you can't find an available appointment, don't worry; appointments are released 48 hours in advance, so check back later.
  • You can get a sexual health screening, contraception and emergency contraception from your GP practice.
  • You can get free emergency contraception from local pharmacies including:
    • Day Lewis Pharmacy, 443 Downham Way, Bromley BR1 5HS, 020 8697 2615
    • Grove Park Pharmacy, 344 Baring Road, SE12 0DU, 020 8857 9637
  • Come Correct provides access to free condoms in a variety of locations (called Outlets) across London. Once registered at Come Correct  you can collect condoms or get advice from any outlet displaying the Come Correct logo.
  • Humankind Charity: Insight Lewisham offers free confidential advice and support about drugs, alcohol, sexual health, and relationships to residents of Lewisham under 25 years of age. Check out their website.

We hope that the alternative options we've provided will be helpful to you. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns: 020 3049 3500.

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If there are no appointments available please try again later as appointments are released 48 hours in advance. 

 

Clinic

Address
The Waldron Health Centre (New Cross)

Suite 8, 2nd Floor, Amersham Vale, London, SE14 6LD (opposite New Cross station)

T: 020 3049 3500

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The Primary Care Centre (Hawstead Road, Catford)

1st Floor Hawstead Road, Catford, SE6 4JH

T: 020 3049 3500

>> Get directions
Downham Health and Leisure Centre (under 25s only)
 

1st Floor, 7-9 Moorside Road, Downham, BR1 5EP

T: 020 3049 3500

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Clinics in Greenwich

Sexual Health Services in Greenwich are run from the Trafalgar Clinic in Woolwich. 

 

Testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

If you do not have symptoms

If you do not have any symptoms and want a routine STI screen please go online and order a free, discreet home test kit which will be delivered to your door. This is an easy and convenient way to test for a range of STIs. 

  • Register your details and answer a few questions about what type of sex you are having
  • Order your test kit – it will be sent to you quickly and discreetly (there will be no identifying marks or logos on the packaging)
  • Take your samples and place it all back in the box, seal it up and pop it in your nearest post box as soon as you can. The results will be sent to you in via the option you chose when registering, ie text message or email

Ordering your test

If you receive a positive result, do not panic – the company who process the home testing kits will advise you on what to do next, or you can call your nearest clinic for advice.

Clinic contact details >>

If you have symptoms

If you have symptoms of any STI, or you are unsure whether you have symptoms, please call us to discuss your testing and treatment options.

For information on sexually transmitted infections including symptoms and treatment, please visit the NHS website.

 

Mpox information

 

HIV/AIDS

For more information on the specific services the Trust offers for patients with HIV/AIDS, please click through to our HIV services page.

The Trust's sexual health and HIV services are working to make AIDS a thing of the past – here's how: