Welcome to Oldham Sexual Health Service

Oldham and Failsworth Sexual Health Clinics

Oldham Integrated Care Centre 

5th floor, Sexual Health Oldham, Radcliffe St, Oldham, OL1 1NL
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Free patient parking – tickets validated at meet and greet – up to 3 hours

Failsworth Primary Care Centre 

Sexual Health Oldham, Ashton Road West, Failsworth, M35 0AD
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Free patient parking.

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Urgent symptoms

If you have any of the following urgent symptoms, please call us ASAP or visit one of our walk in clinics:

• 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 support out of hours, visit Oldham’s 8am to 8pm walk in service on the ground floor of the Oldham Integrated Care Centre on New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, OL1 1NL. For an emergency or urgent help outside these hours, visit your nearest A&E which is likely to be Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2GH.

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 St Marys SARC, located in St Mary’s Hospital, York Place, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL (opposite the Whitworth Art Gallery). Their opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and they have a 24-hour phone line: 0161 276 6515.

Please click here for more information on rape and abuse.

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 303 8565

Emergency contraception - contraceptive pills

If you are 16 and over living within Oldham, 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. please click here for more information.

You can also access emergency contraception at your local hub. Please contact us on 0300 303 8565. Our phone line is available Monday – Friday 9am-5pm.

Accessing LARC (Long Acting Reversible Contraception) in Oldham

Due to a high demand for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC – coils or implants), Oldham, Bury, and Rochdale Sexual Health Services are currently holding a waiting list. If you are interested in booking an appointment for a coil or an implant please contact the service, and you will be added to the waiting list. The current wait is approximately 11 weeks, however it does depend upon patient’s needs.

If you are waiting for an appointment for a coil, please read the following:

• If you have a Mirena (Hormonal coil) coil fitted, please be advised that this coil can now be used for up to 8 years after fitting (the previous license was 5 years). This means you can now safely rely on your Mirena for a further 3 years to the date that you were initially given.
• Benilexa and Levosert hormonal coils can also be used for 8 years for contraception.
• If you were aged 45 or older when your Mirena coil was fitted, it can be left in-situ for contraception until age 55. You then do not need to have another one fitted.

Please note: The 8 year guidance only applies for contraception purposes 

• Cu IUD (Copper coil) if fitted at aged 40 and over, it can remain in-situ for contraception until after menopause. You do not need to have it replaced
• If your coil has or is about to expire, please contact us to make an appointment for an alternative method until your device can be fitted.

Condoms are available without an appointment at all of our clinics

A number of GP practices across Oldham, Bury and Rochdale also provide LARC. Click here for more information

GP's offering LARC

If you require long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) such as a coil (IUD/IUS) or an implant for contraceptive purposes, your local GP surgery may be able to offer this procedure from their own premises by a qualified nurse or GP. This means it may not always be necessary to come to one of our sexual health clinics if your registered GP, or a surgery more convenient to you, offers LARC services. This includes insertion, removal, or replacement services.

If you just require a coil removal (no coil replacement) the smear taker at your registered GP should be able to do this.

It is important to note that some surgeries may offer implants and coils, and some may offer just implants/ and or coils.  It is always best to check the individual surgery website or telephone them to check. Waiting times can differ also,  but some GP surgeries may be able to see you quicker than we can at our clinics.

Please click here for more information

The Young People's Service Oldham

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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 and 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 01706 676474 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 01706 676474 to make an appointment.

If you have symptoms or concerns, you can book an appointment online, you can also contact us on 0300 303 8565, 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.

Oldham Integrated Care Centre 

5th floor, Sexual Health Oldham, Radcliffe St, Oldham , OL1 1NL
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Free patient parking – tickets validated at meet and greet – up to 3 hours

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 303 8565.

Treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including people living with HIV

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.

Treatment for gential wart and herpes

If you are 18 and over living within Oldham, Bury or Rochdale you may be able to access treatment for genital warts and gential herpes online. We have partnered with SH:24 to offer this service.  This can be ordered online and delivered to your home

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 Oldham, you can now order condoms free online. You can also pick up condoms from your local sexual health clinic.

If you are under 16 you can access condoms through our C-Card scheme, please click here for more information

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 to arrange an appointment on 0300 303 8565.

Book an appointment online

You can book an appointment online for the following:

• Symptomatic testing
• 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

If you are experiencing barriers in accessing repeat contraception at your GP, please contact us on 0300 303 8565.

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 303 8565. 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. Please click here for more information re cervical screening 

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

Patients in Oldham can self-refer for an abortion, please click here for more information. Our nurses can also provide counselling and advice. Please contact 0300 303 8565 to make an appointment.

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