Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Testing for STIs

If you're worried or think you've got an STI, go for a check-up at a sexual health clinic as soon as you can. Services for testing for STIs are free and confidential, and tests are available in a variety of settings and many services offer tests outside normal working hours and at weekends.  Some services are walk-in, others may require an appointment.

Do not have sex - including oral sex - without using a condom, or other form of protection, until you've had a check-up. You can have an STI without knowing it and infect your partner during sex.

Testing regularly for sexually transmitted infections means that you can treat any infections you do have and avoid passing them on to other people. Some STIs will make you more ill the longer you have them, so testing often means you are protecting your health.