Sexual health
The staff of Community Sexual Health Services are committed to
improving the sexual and reproductive health of all people in the
City and Hackney.
Our aim is to respect and understand the concerns of our
clients, to meet their needs with sensitivity, and to provide
services that are accessible and of excellent quality.
We work in a confidential and non-judgemental way to enable our
service users to make healthy and informed choices.
Services
- Community Sexual Health clinics
Providing sexual health services including sexually transmitted
infection (STI) testing and treatment, contraception, pregnancy
testing and advice and other health checks to women and men of all
ages.
- Gynaecology service
Providing gynaecological assessment and treatment by referral from
a clinician.
- Chlamydia screening programme
Providing testing and treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhoea to
women and men aged under 25.
- Open Doors team
Providing outreach and clinical services to woman who sell sex from
flats and saunas, and working in the borough of Hackney with
street-based sex workers.
- Community support team for HIV
Providing a specialist nursing service dedicated to all adults
infected or affected by HIV who are resident in Hackney
Where?
The Ivy Centre: St Leonards Primary Care
Centre, Nuttall Street, London N1 5LZ
Lower Clapton Health Centre: 36, Lower Clapton
Road, London E5 0PQ
John Scott Health Centre: Green Lanes, London
N4 2NU
Recent successes and achievements:
- All Community Sexual Health Clinics provide integrated STI and
contraceptive care in one consultation
- Appointments and information about services provided by central
appointment telephone line
- Clinical care pathways for joint working with appropriate
services.
- Specialist teams targeting specific vulnerable groups
Who is eligible to access our service?
Our universal services are available to women and men of all
ages by self referral. Clinic staff will give advice on specialist
services.
How to access our service
Community Sexual Health appointments and any information or
advice, please telephone:
Central Appointments Administrator: 020 7683
4103 (8am to 6pm, Mon to Fri)
Monday - Friday: Opening hours and details of all
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The Ivy Centre operates Monday - Friday including
drop-in clinics (see schedule above). If you require emergency
contraception, you can also visit your local pharmacy or call NHS
Direct on 0845 46 47.
Where to find us
All the clinics can be reached by public transport and, where
possible, should be accessed this way, as there are few parking
spaces available at any of the sites.
For details of how to reach individual clinics, please check
when making appointments or contact Transport for London for travel
details, via either Tel: 020 7222 1234 or
The Transport for
London website.
Contact details
Telephone appointments/general enquires: 020 7683 4103
Doctors training enquires: 020 7683 4327
Fax: 020 7683 4404
WW counselling: 020 7683 4501
Open doors office: 020 7683 4601
Community support team for HIV: 020 7683 4300
Chlamydia screening office: 020 7683 4113
Useful Websites
Sho-me: http://www.sho-me.nhs.uk/
Family Planning Association: http://www.fpa.org.uk/ (look
under Information)
NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries:
http://www.cks.library.nhs.uk/
(look under Sexual Health)
Patient UK: http://www.patient.co.uk/ (look
under Sexual Health)
NHS Direct: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
(look under Sexual Health)
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