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 two sites below.

You can book an appointment online (via the 'book now' button') 

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If there are no appointments available, please try again later as appointments are released 24 hours in advance. 

Hawstead Road, Catford walk-in and wait / slot system

We are pleased to let you know that from 31 July 2023 we will offer a walk-in service at our clinic in Hawstead Road. Please be aware that the walk-in operates on a first come, first served basis. We will operate a slot-system: after booking in you may be asked to return at a later time in the day. This is to reduce your waiting time in the clinic. Slots are limited dependent on our capacity and not available for booking by phone. The walk-in service at Hawstead Road provides:

  • Treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes and warts
  • Contraception including coil and implant insertions or removals and depot injections
  • Treatment and testing for contacts of infection with no symptoms. 
  • Please note we do not have a microscope at Hawstead Road, so we will not be able to see patients with symptoms of discharge. Please make an appointment at the Waldron Health Centre.
 

Clinic

Address
The Waldron Health Centre (New Cross)

T: 020 3049 3500

Please note that due to technical issues, your call may disconnect. If this happens, please call us again and one of our team will answer as soon as they’re available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused

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

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The Primary Care Centre (Hawstead Road, Catford)

T: 020 3049 3500

Please note that due to technical issues, your call may disconnect. If this happens, please call us again and one of our team will answer as soon as they’re available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused

1st Floor Hawstead Road, Catford, SE6 4JH

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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.

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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: