Welcome to the young people's service in Oldham, Bury and Rochdale
The Young People’s Service offers confidential sexual health services in Oldham, Rochdale and Bury. Our nurses and education & wellbeing workers understand the needs of young people and can help and support you with advice about STI’s, contraception, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception, sex and relationships, gender and sexuality. We support young people aged 13 – 19, adults with special educational needs and looked after children up to the age of 25.
We have partnered with fellow specialists Early Break and The Proud Trust to offer an integrated substance misuse and sexual health service in Oldham. This service is known as MYNO. We support young people aged 13 – 19, adults with special educational needs and looked after children up to the age of 25.
Please click the image below to download a young person’s information leaflet and find more information re the MYNO service.
Services available
- Where to find us
- Confidentiality
- Urgent help
- Rape and support
- Chat Sexual Health
- Learning difficulties
- Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- PrEP
- PEPSE
- Emergency contraception
- Contraception
- Pregnancy testing
- Pregnancy choices
- Condoms and lube
- Online condoms for service users aged 16 and over
- STI’s
- Postal testing for service users aged 16 and over
- Get tested at your local clinic
- Express testing for patients aged 16 and over
- Local links
Where to find us
5th floor, Sexual Health Oldham, New Radcliffe St, Oldham , OL1 1NL
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3rd Floor Townside Primary Care Centre, 1 Knowsley Place, Knowsley Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0SN
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3rd Floor Nye Bevan House Maclure Road, Rochdale, OL11 1DN
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Confidentiality
When you contact our service the information you share is confidential. The privacy of our service users is very important to us. We do not usually inform your parents or other services unless we are concerned about your safety or the safety of others. In these instances, we will try to discuss this with you first.
Urgent help
If you have any of the following urgent symptoms, please contact us on 01706 202444.
- 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.
Our services are open Monday – Friday between 9:00am-5:00pm. If you need help outside of these hours, you can contact 111 or go to 111.nhs.uk.
For urgent help out of hours please see the information below:
- If you live in Bury or Rochdale your nearest A&E is likely to be Fairfield General Hospital on Rochdale Old Road, BL9 7TD.
- If you live in Oldham your nearest A+E is likely to be The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2JH.
Rape and support
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 Mary’s SARC, located in St Mary’s Hospital, York Place, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL (opposite the Whitworth Art Gallery). If you need support, you can contact the 24-hr helpline on 0161 276 6515.
Chat Sexual Health
Chat Sexual Health is a confidential texting service offering you a quick and easy way for you to chat to us about all things sexual health. Our team are here to help with:
- STI testing
- Free condoms
- Safe sex
- Relationships
- Consent
- Contraception
- Emergency contraception
- Pregnancy testing
- Advice
Chat Sexual Health is not a live chat service, but our team aim to respond to all queries within 24 hours. This excludes weekends and bank holidays.
If you’re aged 13-18 living within Oldham Bury or Rochdale text us on: 07312 263138 or click on the link below to Start a chat – Oldham, Bury and Rochdale Chat Sexual Health
Child sexual exploitation
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is a form of child sexual abuse. It occurs where an individual or a group uses an imbalance of power to coerce, manipulate or deceive a child or young person under the age of 18 into sexual activity.
Patients with learning difficulties
We have leaflets available on our website which have been taken from the Easy Health website. They offer valuable information, suitable for users with reading or learning difficulties.
PrEP - pre-exposure prophylaxis
PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis involves HIV negative people taking medication to prevent HIV. 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 people who are taking PrEP should have regular STI testing, and a HIV test every 3 months.
If you’re aged 16 and over and you’d like to discuss PrEP, please contact the young people’s team on 01706 202444.
PEPSE or post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
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 01706 202444. You can get this from Sexual health and HIV clinics, Accident & Emergency. Regular family doctors (GPs) don’t give PEPSE.
Emergency contraception - IUD's (coil)
Emergency IUD’s are the most effective form of emergency contraception and can be fitted at our sexual health clinics, please call us 01706 202444 for more information
Emergency contraception - contraceptive pills
If you are 16 and over living within Oldham, Bury or Rochdale 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 01706 202444. Our phone line is available Monday – Friday 9am-5pm.
Contraception
Choosing the best method for you can be confusing. We have lots of easy-to-understand information and videos on each of the different methods available, including how they work, where to get them, the advantages and disadvantages. From condoms to pills, patches to implants, and short-term to more permanent solutions, we can help you find the contraception method that is right for you.
Please click on the links below for more information about contraception:
Preparing for a contraception appointment
Pregnancy testing
If you think you might be pregnant its important that you take a pregnancy test. You can contact us on 01706 202444. to make an appointment. If you’re aged 16 and over living within Oldham, Bury or Rochdale you can also order a pregnancy test to be delivered to your home.
Pregnancy choices
If you’ve tested positive for pregnancy and don’t know what to do you can contact a member of the team to make an appointment to discuss your options. We also have helpful information available on the page below:
Help, I’m pregnant – Find Sexual Health Advice & Clinics Near You (hcrgcaregroup.com)
Condoms and lube
Condoms can help to reduce infection risks and prevent unplanned pregnancies. We offer free condoms to all young people aged between aged 13 -19 years if:
- You’re having sex
- You’re thinking about having sex
- You’re curious about condoms
We offer condoms from all of our sexual health clinics, please click here to find your nearest clinic
Remember:
- Even when using condoms, you should consider regular screening for sexually transmitted infections every time you start a new relationship or every 12 months if you’re in a relationship. You can visit our safer sex page for more information
- If there is ever any type of condom failure or you’re worried that something went wrong during sex, you should seek advice about emergency contraception.
Order free condoms online
If your aged 16 and over living within Oldham, Bury or Rochdale you can now order free condoms online to be delivered to your home. Please note: If you’re aged between 16 and 17 we do ask you some safeguarding questions during your online order. If we need to discuss your answers with you, we will contact you on the telephone number provided.
STI's
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be passed on from one person to another when having unprotected sex or through genital, oral or anal contact. We’ve got lots of helpful information about common STI’s on our website.
Order a free STI test
If you’re aged 16 and over living within Oldham, Bury or Rochdale, without any symptoms or concerns you can order a postal test online. Our online postal testing service is free and we offer Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, HIV and Syphilis testing. If you’re aged between 16 and 17 we do ask you some safeguarding questions during your online order. If we need to discuss your answers with you, we will contact you on the telephone number provided.
Postal testing is not suitable for patients under 16 years old, if you are under 16, please contact us on 01706 202444 to make an appointment.
Get tested at your local clinic
Please contact us on 01706 202444 to make an appointment for a STI test if:
- You’re under 16
- You have symptoms or concerns
Click here for more information on how to prepare for an STI appointment.
Pick up a testing kit from your local clinic
If you are aged 16 and over without any symptoms or concerns, you can pick up a testing kit from your local sexual health clinics. We offer Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, HIV and Syphilis testing:
Please see the list of clinics below:
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