Sexual Health Services
In October 2024, the provision of STI and contraception services across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County changed to a service called Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.
This countywide service is provided collaboratively by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The service provides free and confidential sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment, information and advice on sexual health matters and the full range of reversible contraception methods, including emergency contraception.
Community Sexual Health Clinics are staffed by experienced sexual health nurses, and they continue to offer sexual health services with appointments.
Should you require to be seen by one of our specialist doctors, you may be referred to our Sexual Health Clinic on Level 5, Tower 3 of King’s Mill Hospital. This clinic continues to offer a full range of STI, contraceptive and HIV services for those wishing to book an appointment, and for those referred in from a community Sexual Health Clinic.
Contraception methods
Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire provides a wide range of free and confidential contraception methods, information and advice.
Further information for each method can be found on the Contraception Choices website.
Sexually transmitted infections
Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire provides a range of free and confidential services including free testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV.
View our tests offered information sheet (opens in new window).
Further information about the different types of sexually transmitted infections, including symptoms, how they can affect your health, and how they can be treated, can be found on the British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH) website.
Find out more about STI Screening and Treatment.
HIV
HIV is a viral infection that can be transmitted sexually (by having sex without a condom). It can also be passed on by sharing infected needles and other injecting equipment, and from an HIV-positive mother to her child during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.
When someone is infected with HIV, the virus attaches onto the specific cells in the immune system that help protect us and keep us healthy. It eventually kills off these cells weakening the immune system so that it is unable to fight off infections and other illnesses.
There is no cure for HIV, but there are treatments to enable most people with the virus to live a long and healthy life. These treatments are much more effective if the virus is diagnosed and the treatment is started soon after the point of infection. A regular sexual health check-up via Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire can include a blood test for HIV or, alternatively, certain risk groups can access postal HIV testing kits free of charge by visiting the SH.UK website.
Further information about HIV can be found on the National AIDS Manual (NAM) website.
All attendees are required to book an appointment via our central booking number 0300 131 7010 to allow appropriate triage. We do not accept walk-in patients or online bookings.
This page lists clinics in mid-Nottinghamshire run by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust.
Please note that Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire only runs its sexual health service at these locations at the times stated.
Should you attend these locations outside the times stated, the Sexual Health service will not be running.
All attendees must book an appointment with our service to enable appropriate triage.
Please telephone 0300 131 7010 for clinic times, information and to arrange an appointment for our service.
This line is open:
- Monday: 9am to 7pm
- Tuesday: 9am to 4.30pm
- Wednesday: 9am to 12.15pm
- Thursday: 9am to 7pm
- Friday: 9am to 12.30pm
Clinic locations
Ashfield Health Clinic
Ashfield Health Village,
Portland Street,
Kirkby in Ashfield,
NG17 7AE
Open for appointments:
Fridays 9am to 11.55am.
Bull Farm Primary Care Centre
Bull Farm Primary Care Centre,
Concorde Way,
Millennium Business Park,
Mansfield
NG19 7JZ
Open for appointments:
Mondays 12.30pm to 2.35pm, 1pm to 3.55pm, and 4.50pm to 7pm.
Mansfield Community Hospital
Mansfield Community Hospital,
Stockwell Gate,
Mansfield,
NG18 5QJ
Open for appointments:
Mondays 2pm to 4pm and 5pm to 7pm.
Newark Hospital
Eastwood Centre,
Newark Hospital,
Bowbridge Road,
Newark,
NG24 4DE
Open for appointments:
Mondays 2pm to 7pm
Thursdays 9am to 12.30pm, and 2pm to 5pm.
Oak Tree Lane Health Centre
Oak Tree Lane Health Centre,
Jubilee Way South,
Mansfield,
NG18 3SF
Open for appointments:
Tuesdays 3pm to 4.30pm and 4.50pm to 6.20pm.
Oates Hill Health Centre
Oates Hill Health Centre,
2 Forest Street,
Sutton in Ashfield,
NG17 1BE
Open for appointments:
Mondays 9am to 11.30am.
Warsop Primary Care Centre
Warsop Primary Care Centre,
Church Street,
Warsop,
NG20 0BP
Open for appointments:
Tuesdays 3.30pm to 6pm.
King's Mill Hospital
Kings Mill Hospital,
Level 5, Tower 3 (Pink),
Mansfield Road,
Sutton in Ashfield,
NG17 4JL
Open for appointments:
Mondays 9am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 7pm.
Tuesdays 9am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4pm.
Wednesdays 9am to 12.30pm and 4pm to 7pm.
Thursdays 9am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 7pm.
Fridays 9am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 6pm.
Saturdays 10am to 2pm.
Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire is staffed by an experienced team of:
- GU Medicine-trained and contraception-trained doctors
- Sexual Health nurses
- clinical support workers
- outreach workers
- counsellors
- receptionists and secretaries
Please call 0300 131 7010 for clinic times, information and to arrange an appointment for our service.
Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire staff work to a number of national guidelines, including those set by:
- British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)
- Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH)
- British HIV Association (BHIVA)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
We also follow our own service and NHS Trust local policies and procedures, and other national guidelines which take into account the requirements of both BHIVA and BASHH.
“Here to listen, not to tell”
Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire believes that all individuals, including young people, have the right to confidential sexual health advice and services.
In order to help you, we often require some personal and private information. Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire would like to reassure you that all discussions you have with a member of our team will be treated confidentially.
We do not routinely write to your GP, however it can sometimes be useful to share a summary of your health records with your GP or refer you to a different specialty to ensure you receive the best care.
You will be asked whether you are happy for us to send correspondence to your home address or your GP and, if you would prefer us not to do this but we need to contact you for any reason, then a doctor or nurse will discuss alternative ways of getting in touch.
In extremely rare situations, Sexual Health Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire may be required to divulge your information to other agencies (eg your GP, social services, etc) should there be serious concerns about your health, safety or welfare, for example:
- If you are under 18 and tell us about someone who has abused you sexually, physically or emotionally
- If you are 12 or under and tell us that someone has had sex with you
- If your life is at serious risk
- If you tell us about someone under 18 who is being abused
- If another person’s life is at risk
Whenever possible, we will inform you prior to doing this and give you all the support you need.
Resources
Sexual Health Department
Location
Sexual Health Clinic on Level 5, Tower 3 of King’s Mill Hospital
Call
For clinic times, information or to arrange an appointment for our service, please call the central booking number on 0300 131 7010
If you wish to cancel an appointment, this can be done via emailing sfh-tr.AdminSexualHealth@nhs.net.
Please include your name and/or Sexual Health number, along with the site, date and time of the appointment that you wish to cancel.
Please be aware that we will not respond to queries on this email.
Visit SH.UK for access to free online postal testing for patients living in our area.
