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Mental Health & WellbeingFree STI home testing kits
If you are worried that you might have a STI, you may be able to get a free STI testing kit sent to your home.
What is an STI and when should I order a kit?
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are any kind of bacterial or viral infection that can be passed on through unprotected sexual contact. They can have a number of signs and symptoms, however some STIs have no symptoms, and if left untreated they can lead to infertility.
If you are worried that you might have a STI, you may be able to get a free STI test kit sent to your home. If you have symptoms, you should get in touch with your local sexual health service or GP as soon as possible.
STIs often don’t develop immediately after unprotected sex, some take two weeks or sometimes six weeks to show up on tests. Waiting two weeks after unprotected sex to take the test will provide a more accurate result. For HIV testing, you need to wait six weeks.
Not all STIs have symptoms
If you’ve had unprotected sex, especially if it’s with a new partner, you should have an STI test even if you don’t have any symptoms.
You may also need to consider emergency contraception (you will need to seek help within 5 days of unprotected sex).
More about emergency contraception
More about different types of STIs
Where can I get an STI test kit?
Select the region of the UK you live in from the list below to see which providers are available in your area. Make sure to check the provider website for the most up-to-date information on the type of test offered and age criteria. If you’d prefer to speak to a nurse or doctor, you can visit a Brook service, local sexual health service (GUM clinic), young people’s service or your GP.
Select your region:
North East England
North West England
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London and Greater London
South East England
South West England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
What if there isn’t a free STI test option for my area?
If you can’t order a test online for free, or you’d prefer to speak to a nurse or doctor, you can visit a Brook service, local sexual health service, young people’s service or your GP. Find your local sexual health service
Another option is to use a paid-for test-at-home service like Fettle
Is any of our information about STI home test kits incorrect or out of date? Please let us know by emailing website@brook.org.uk.
North East England
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Country Durham and Darlington
Who can order a test? Ages 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.
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Gateshead
Who can order a test? Ages 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.
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Newcastle
Who can order a test? Ages 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.
North Tyneside
Who can order a test? Ages 18-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia and gonorrhoea
Northumberland
Who can order a test? Ages 18-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia and gonorrhoea
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South Tyneside
Who can order a test? Ages 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.
Sunderland
Who can order a test? Ages 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.
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Teeside
Who can order a test? Ages 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.
North West England
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Barnsley
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea.
Blackburn with Darwen
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Blackpool
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Bolton
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Bradford
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Bury
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
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Calderdale
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Cheshire East
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Cheshire West and Chester
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Doncaster
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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East Riding of Yorkshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Halton
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Huddersfield
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
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Kingston upon Hull, City of
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Kirklees
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Knowsley
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Lancashire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Leeds
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Liverpool
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Manchester City
Who can order a test? 16-19
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
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North Yorkshire
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
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Oldham
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
R
Rochdale
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
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Salford
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Sefton
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Sheffield
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
St Helens
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
Stockport
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Tameside
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Trafford
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis
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Wakefield
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Warrington
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Wigan & Leigh
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Wirral
Who can order a test? All ages
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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York
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
East Midlands
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Ashfield
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Bassetlaw
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
Broxtowe
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Corby
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Daventry
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Gedling
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Kettering
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Leicester
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Leicestershire & Rutland
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Lincolnshire
Who can order a test? 15-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia, gonorrhoea
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Mansfield
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Newark & Sherwood
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
Northamptonshire
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
Nottingham
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Rushcliffe
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
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Wellingborough
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? Chlamydia
West Midlands
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Birmingham
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Coventry
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
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Dudley
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis.
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Herefordshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea
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Nuneaton & Bedworth
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
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Rugby
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
S
Sandwell
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Shropshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Solihull
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Staffordshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Stoke-on-Trent
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Stratford-upon-Avon
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Telford & Wrekin
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Walsall
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Warwick
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
Wolverhampton
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Worcestershire
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
East of England
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Cambridgeshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Central Bedfordshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Essex
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Hertfordshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Luton
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
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Norfolk
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Peterborough
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Southend
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Suffolk
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Thurrock
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
London and Greater London
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Barking & Dagenham
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Barnet
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Bexley
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Brent
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Bromley
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Camden
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
City of London
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Croydon
Who can order a test? 16-24
What can I test for? chlamydia
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Ealing
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Enfield
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Greenwich
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Hackney
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Hammersmith & Fulham
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Haringey
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Harrow
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Havering
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Hillingdon
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Hounslow
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Islington
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Kensington & Chelsea
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Kingston upon Thames
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Lambeth
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Lewisham
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Merton
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Newham
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Redbridge
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Richmond upon Thames
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Southwark
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Sutton
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Tower Hamlets
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Waltham Forest
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Wandsworth
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Westminster
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
South East England
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Bracknell Forest
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Brighton
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Buckinghamshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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East Berkshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
East Sussex
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Eastbourne
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Hampshire
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Hastings
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Isle of Wight
Who can order a test? 16+
What can I test for? chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Kent
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Lewes
Provider: Freetest.me
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Medway
Milton Keynes
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Oxfordshire
Provider: Sexyak Health Oxfordshire
Age range: 18+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Portsmouth
Provider: Let’s Talk About It
Age range: 15+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Reading
Provider: Safe Sex Berkshire
Age range: 18+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Rother
Provider: Freetest.me
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Slough
Southampton
Provider: Let’s Talk About It
Age range: 15+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Surrey
Provider: Healthy Surrey
Age range: 18+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Order full STI kit from Healthy Surrey
Age range: under 25
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea
Order chlamydia and gonorrhoea test from Healthy Surrey
Note: scroll down the page to fill in the order form
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Wealden
Provider: Freetest.me
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
West Berkshire
Provider: Safe Sex Berkshire
Age range: 18+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
West Sussex
Provider: Sexual Health West Sussex
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Windsor & Maidenhead
Wokingham
Provider: Safe Sex Berkshire
Age range: 18+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
South West England
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Bath & North East Somerset
Bournemouth
Bristol, City of
Provider: Unity Sexual Health
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Cheltenham
Christchurch
Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
Provider: Sexual Health Cornwall
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Cotswold
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Devon
Dorset
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Exeter
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Forest of Dean
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Gloucester
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Mendip
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North Somerset
Provider: Unity Sexual Health
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
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Poole
Purbeck
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Sedgemoor
South Gloucestershire
Provider: Unity Sexual Health
Age range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
South Hams
South Somerset
Stroud
Swindon
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Taunton Dean
Teignbridge
Tewkesbury
Torbay
Torridge
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West Somerset
Weymouth & Portland
Wiltshire
Wales
Provider: Sexual Health Wales
Age Range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
Visit Sexual Health Wales website
Scotland
Provider: HIV Self Test Scotland
Age Range: all ages
Tests for: HIV
Visit HIV Self Test Scotland website
Northern Ireland
Provider: SH:24 (Belfast only)
Age Range: 16+
Tests for: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV, syphilis
What happens if I test positive?
Most STIs can be easily treated with antibiotics.
If you test positive, you should contact your local clinic, they will encourage you to talk to your recent partners so they can be tested as well. The clinic will help you find the best way to talk to other people if you need to, and can even contact them for you through ‘partner notification’ without even mentioning your name.
Treatment for STIs
- Chlamydia: is treated with a course of antibiotics. The two most commonly prescribed treatments are: Azithromycin (single dose) or Doxycycline (a longer course, usually two capsules a day for a week)
- Gonorrhoea: treatment usually involves having an antibiotic injection and a single dose of antibiotic tablets
- HIV: HIV is preventable (through using condoms) and treatable (with drugs called antiretrovirals), but it is not curable
- Syphilis: usually treated with a single antibiotic injection or a course of injections
Most antibiotics are safe to use with hormonal contraception (like the pill, patch, injection or implant) but talk to the person prescribing the treatment to make sure.
Tell the nurse or doctor if you are pregnant or think you may be, or if you are breastfeeding. This will affect the type of antibiotic you are given.
Side effects of antibiotics are usually very mild but may include stomach ache, diarrhoea, feeling sick and thrush.
Don’t pass it on!
You should also avoid having sex until you have been given the all-clear, to prevent you being re-infected or passing the infection on.
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