Welcome to North Lincolnshire Sexual Health Service

North and North East Lincolnshire Sexual Health Clinics

Riverside Surgery, Brigg (Closed During COVID-19)

Barnard Avenue, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, DN20 8AS

Free onsite patient car park and Tesco car park is available

Central Surgery, Barton (Closed During COVID-19)

Barton Central Surgery, King Street, Barton Upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5ER

Free onsite patient car park

Birkwood Medical Centre   (Closed During COVID-19)

Birkwood Medical Centre, Westward Ho, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN34 5BH

Free onsite patient car park

Stirling Street Medical Centre

Stirling Street Medical Centre, Stirling Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire , DN31 3AE

Free onsite patient car park and roadside parking available

The Ironstone Centre 

The Ironstone Centre, West Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 6HX

Parking on site and free for two hours, please ensure you still obtain a free ticket from the parking machine for your stay if it’s two hours or less

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Urgent symptoms

If you have any of the following urgent symptoms, please call us ASAP:

• Severe stomach pains with heavy bleeding (women only)
• Severe pain in your testicles (men only)
• Very painful blisters
• Very painful ulcers and/or unusual discharge from your genitals.

If you need urgent help during out of hours, please visit 111.nhs.uk

Rape and abuse

If you’ve been sexually assaulted please don’t suffer alone, it’s important that you’re seen as soon as possible for physical and emotional support. You can call us straight away but we recommend you first contact your nearest Sexual Assault & Referral Centre (SARC) which is called CASA Suite for care and support. You can call them on 0330 223 0181 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Emergency contraception - IUDs

Emergency IUDs are the most effective form of emergency contraception and can be fitted at our sexual health clinics (please call us on 0300 3301122.

Emergency contraception - contraceptive pills

If you are 16 and over living within Northern Lincolnshire, you can order FREE emergency hormonal contraception to be delivered to your home. We have partnered with SH:24 to provide this service.

You can also pick free emergency hormonal contraception from one of our local pharmacies.

You can also access emergency contraception at your local hub. Please contact us on 0300 330 1122 Our phone line is available Monday – Friday 9am-5pm.

Order a free STI test

If you live are age 16 and over living in Oldham, without any symptoms or concerns, you can access our postal testing service online. Our online postal testing service is free. We offer Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, HIV and Syphilis testing.

Your postal test can be delivered to your home address or to your hub.

Click here for more information on our STI testing kits

Postal testing is not suitable for patients under 16. If you are under 16 without any symptoms or concerns, please contact us on 0300 330 1122 to make an appointment.

Get tested at your local clinic

If you are under 16, without any symptoms or concerns you can contact us on 0300 330 1122 to make an appointment.

If you have symptoms or concerns, you can book an appointment online. You can also contact us on 0300 330 1122, where we have staff happy to help.

Click here for more information on how to prepare for an STI appointment.

Express testing

If you are aged 16 and over, without any symptoms or concerns you can also pick up an express test from your local sexual health clinic.

Stirling Street Medical Centre

Stirling Street Medical Centre, Stirling Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire , DN31 3AE

Free onsite patient car park and roadside parking available.

The Ironstone Centre 

The Ironstone Centre, West Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 6HX

Parking on site and free for two hours. Please ensure you still obtain a free ticket from the parking machine for your stay even it’s for two hours or less.

Getting your results

Once you have taken your test, either in the service or by using our postal/express testing service, your sample must be tested at the laboratory.

• If your result is negative, this means you did not have an infection at the time you took your test, you will receive a text message to advise you of this.
• If your result is positive, or we need to discuss your result/test with you, you will receive a text to advise you to contact your local service.

We aim to provide all test results within 7-10 days. If you do not receive your results within 14 days, please contact your local clinic on 0300 330 1122.

Treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

If you find out that you have an infection following testing, then you may need to attend the service for treatment. All treatment is free of charge.

Please click here for more information on our website regarding sexually transmitted infections and treatment.

Partner notification

If you’ve tested positive, your sexual partner(s) from the last six months need to know. Many people who have an STI do not notice anything wrong and, left untreated, STIs can lead to serious health problems. Telling them will help them to get tested and any treatment they need and may also stop you from getting infected again.

Most health services call the process of telling your partners “partner notification.” It is a completely confidential process.

Please click here for more information.

Get free condoms

If you are aged 16 and over living in within Northern Lincolnshire, you can now order condoms free online. You can also pick up condoms from your local sexual health clinic.

Pregnancy testing

If you think that you may be pregnant it is important to take a pregnancy test. Pregnancy tests can be purchased from your local pharmacy or supermarket. You can also contact your local clinic on 0300 330 122 to arrange an appointment.

Book appointments online

You can book an appointment online for the following:

• Symptomatic testing
• Repeat contraception
• To get a new method of contraception
• To change your method of contraception
• To discuss a coil or implant
• To remove a coil or implant
• For testing and contraception

We currently do not offer online appointments for the services below. Please contact your local clinic on 0300 303 8565 to arrange an appointment.

• Treatment
• Pregnancy testing
• PrEP
• PEPSE
• HIV appointments
• Cervical screening
• Diaphragm the cap and the vaginal ring

Psycho-sexual counselling and support, including support with erectile dysfunction

Psychosexual therapy uses an integrated approach to working with sexual problems.

What problems can be referred?

Non gender specific:

• Loss of desire
• Pain during sex or inability to have penetrative sex.

Males

• Difficulty in achieving or maintaining an erection.
• Ejaculation problems

In Women

• Difficulties with orgasm
• Vulval pain
• Vaginismus
• Loss of desire 

This service is by appointment only. You need to be referred by your GP to access this service.

PrEP

We are now commissioned to provide PrEP, free of charge to all users who meet the eligibility criteria.

PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis involves HIV negative people taking HIV medication as a method of helping to prevent HIV infection. Recent research has shown that if taken correctly, this medication is highly effective at preventing HIV infection.

PrEP does not protect against any other STI’s, only HIV. You will need to take other precautions in addition to PrEP to protect yourself from all other STI’s. We recommend that patients taking PrEP should have regular STI testing and a HIV test every 3 months.

PEPSE (anti-HIV medication)

PEPSE can stop HIV infection taking hold after the virus has entered the body. However, it is an emergency measure to be used as a last resort, for example if a condom breaks. Please call us if you think you need PEPSE on 0300 330 1122. You can get this from Sexual health and HIV clinics, Accident & Emergency. Regular family doctors (GPs) don’t give PEPSE.

Cervical cytology (smear test)

Cervical screening (a smear test) is a test to check the health of your cervix. The cervix is the opening of your womb to the vagina. A cervical screening test is offered to all women aged 25-64.

You can now visit your local hub to have a cervical screen. Please contact us on 0300 303 8565 to make an appointment. Please remember to bring your cervical screen invitation letter with you to your appointment.

You can also visit your local GP to access this service.

Support with making a referral for an abortion

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Changing your appointment

Please let us know as soon as possible if you need to change your appointment time or if you are unable to attend. Please contact  0300 330 1122, Text  07860 052902 or change your appointment online if you have created an online account.

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