Chlamydia screening Contraceptive Services

Young people are welcome at all of our sessions (including under 16s)

CHECK IT OUT SESSIONS FOR UNDER 20’S

 Contraceptive advice and pregnancy testing CHECK IT OUT Chlamydia - Get the Facts  Condoms, pills, injections, Implants and Emergency Contraception  It is estimated that 1 in 10 sexually active young people have Chlamydia.  Sexual Health advice and chlamydia screening Session times can change at short notice so call the helpline  Chlamydia is the most common STI. between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday to check opening times  Chlamydia may lead to infertility. Check it Out Check it Out Most people do not know they have it.  Monday 3.30 – 5.00 pm Wednesday - 3.00-5.00pm  It can be treated with a simple course of antibiotics. Green Wrythe Lane Clinic, The Connexions Centre Contraception and  Chlamydia screening is free and available in all Family planning/ Middleton Road, High Street, Contraception and Check it Out clinics. SM5 1JF Sutton SM1 1NX Contraceptive advice, Check it Out Sexual Health Advice To find the nearest place you can get screened for Chlamydia, or to condoms, pregnancy testing Monday 6.30 - 8.00 pm and chlamydia screening. order a home testing kit go to www.checkurself.org.uk St. Helier Hospital, Women’s Clinics Health Unit, Wrythe Lane, Check it Out Clinics Genito Urinary Medicine Clinics (GUM) Carshalton, SM5 1QA Thursday 3.30 – 5.00pm Insight Centre, Monarch Whether you are straight, gay, lesbian or bi-sexual, if you have Check it Out Parade, CR4 3HB unprotected sex (i.e. sex without a condom) you can get a sexually Thursday 3.30 – 5.00pm Contraceptive advice, pills, transmitted infection such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, genital warts, Robin Hood Lane Clinic, pregnancy testing, condoms, For Information and herpes, syphilis or HIV. All STIs can be passed on during Camden Road, emergency contraception and chlamydia screening. unprotected vaginal, anal or oral sex. Sutton SM1 2RJ confidential advice call the OTHER CONTRACEPTIVE SESSIONS FOR EVERYONE You can’t always tell if you or your partner has a sexually transmitted Helpline infection as neither of you may have symptoms. SUTTON Helpline Cricket Green Polyclinic, Green Wrythe Lane Clinic, Anyone can visit a GUM clinic for free confidential advice, testing Tuesday 6.15 – 8.00 pm Monday 1.30 – 3.00 pm 020 8407 3636 and treatment. You don’t need to be referred by your GP. Just call Birches Close, Middleton Road, about clinic times or to make an appointment, or just go to a walk-in Mitcham, CR4 4LQ Carshalton SM5 1JF or visit session. Patrick Doody Clinic, Priory Crescent Clinic, www.gettingiton.org.uk GUM Clinics Monday, Wednesday & Tuesday 7.00 - 8.30 pm Thursday 6.15– 8.00 pm Priory Crescent, Tuesday 1.30-4.00 pm Cheam. SM3 8LR Department of GU Medicine Friday 6.00-7.30pm St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton SM5 1AA Pelham Road, Shotfield Health Centre, Tel: 020 8296 2543/ 2505 Advice: 020 8641 1256 Wimbledon, SW19 1NX Tuesday 9.30am-7.30pm Friday 6.00 - 7.30pm The Courtyard Clinic Wideway Clinic, 3rd Floor Mint House, Information for St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT Monday 2.00 – 4.00pm and Wallington SM6 0EU The Point, Sexual Health Clinic for under 18s. 6.00 – 8.00 pm Wednesdays 4-6pm. No appointment necessary. Young People in Contraceptive advice only St. Helier Hospital, Tel: 020 8725 3353/ 3354 Thursday 9.30-11.00am Wednesday & Thursday

Wideway, . 6.30 – 8.00pm Department of GU Medicine Sutton and Merton Mitcham CR4 1BP Women’s Health Unit, Mayday University Hospital, London Road, CR7 7YE Wrythe Lane, Tel: 020 8401 3002 Carshalton SM5 1QA

Wolverton Centre For more information about these services 2009/10 Kingston Hospital, Galsworthy Road ring the Helpline on: 020 8407 3636 , KT2 7QB or call Sexwise on: 0800 28 29 30 Tel: 020 8974 9331 020 8934 2843 For information on sexual health for young people visit: www.gettingiton.org.uk or www.nhs.uk/worthtalkingabout

Not everyone is doing it! Pharmacies providing FREE emergency contraception How to use a Condom to young women19 and under. Most people agree that it is important not to rush into sex. In Using a condom is a good way to help protect you against fact many young people who did start having sex early say they You can phone the pharmacy before you go to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy, regret it and wish they’d waited. even if you or your partner use another method of contraception. check that someone is there to help you. If you’re not planning to have sex, you can still find out about You may have decided not to have sex yet, but if and when you do, condoms so you’re ready when you do need to use them. SUTTON MERTON you will need to know where to go for information and advice, and if you are ready to have sex, you need to be ready to think about how You can get free condoms from Family planning, to stay safe. Gaiger Boots the Chemist Tel: 8643 6787 Tel: 8946 1673 GUM Clinics and if you are aged under 20, you Finding out the facts about sexual health helps you to make the right Unit 12, 303 High Street Centre Court Shopping can get free condoms from local organisations choices for you. Sutton SM1 1LL Centre 4 Queens Road which are part of the Sutton & Merton condom Wimbledon SW19 8YE distribution scheme. Look for this poster. So CHECK IT OUT, get the facts and make your choices! MPS Pharmacy Tel: 8644 8142 Barkers Chemist ALWAYS  Family Planning Clinics provide 46 The Market Tel: 8946 9668 Rosehill SM1 3HE 16 Lambton Road  Read the instructions and practise first.  Free confidential help, information and advice for all young  Check the condom is in date and check for the CE Mark or people including young men and those aged under 16. Coopers Chemist SW20 0LR British Kitemark on the packet. Tel: 8642 7299  Push the condom down to the bottom of the packet, then tear  Contraceptives including pills, condoms, emergency 3 Grove Road Eagle Chemist contraception, injections and implants. the top of the packet to open it. Be careful of sharp rings and Sutton SM1 1BB Tel: 8764 1629 fingernails. 301 Northborough Road  Pregnancy testing.  Check the condom is the right way up before placing over the Day Lewis Pharmacy Norbury SW16 4TR end of the erect penis. Squeeze the air out of the tip.  Referral for abortion. Tel: 8647 7941 40 Green Wrythe Lane Fairgreen Pharmacy  Roll the condom down to the base of the penis. If the condom  Chlamydia screening. Carshalton SM5 2DP Tel: 8648 2112 is inside out, throw it away and use a new one. No appointment needed - just turn up. You may need to wait some 10 Fair Green Parade  As soon as the man comes (ejaculates) he needs to pull his time but you will be seen. Waiting times vary depending on the Day Lewis Pharmacy London Road penis out making sure he holds on to the condom so no numbers attending the clinic. Tel: 8669 4083 Mitcham CR4 3NA sperm escapes.

Unit 4 Mollison Square  Remove the condom, wrap it in a tissue and throw it in a bin. Emergency Contraception Kamsons Pharmacy Wallington SM6 9DA Tel: 8648 0429 NEVER  Have you had unprotected sex, missed a pill or used a condom that 2 Cobham Court split? First Pharmacy Haslemere Avenue  Use a condom more than once.

If so, you need emergency contraception. A pill can be taken up to Tel:8647 3204 Mitcham CR4 3BU  Use more than one condom at a time. 108 Woodcote Road three days after unprotected sex; but the earlier it is taken, the more  Store unused condoms near heat sources, including direct Wallington SM6 0LY Lloyds Pharmacy likely it is to work. Even after 3 days, it may be possible to fit an sunlight. emergency coil (IUD) so it is important to seek advice from a health Tel: 8648 2316 professional. Manor Pharmacy 75-79 Miles Road  Use oil-based lubricants, they must be water-based. Tel: 8669 1007 Mitcham CR4 3DA  Use lubricant on the inside of the condom Young women aged 19 and under can get FREE emergency 75 Manor Rd Tele-Chem Ltd  Throw condoms away in the toilet contraception from family planning clinics and some local Wallington SM6 0DE Tel: 8679 7198 Pharmacies, see list. Pharmacy Building ‘Know your Balls’ Boots the Chemist The pharmacist will ask you some questions about your medical 341 Tamworth Lane Tel: 8642 2360 history and when you last had a period and unprotected sex. They Mitcham CR4 1DL Young men should regularly feel their 2 Station Way need to ask this to find out if it is OK to give you the emergency testicles/ balls to make sure there are no contraceptive pill. There will be a quiet space in the pharmacy where Cheam Village unusual aches, lumps or bumps. The best they will discuss this with you. SM3 8SW time to check is in a warm bath/ shower.

If you have taken emergency contraception and have not had a Some other chemists are able to sell emergency contraception If you do notice any changes, discuss this period within 3 weeks, you should have a pregnancy test. to young women aged 16 or over. It costs about £25 with your doctor as soon as possible.