Leicestershire and Rutland Sexual Health

Find out which GPs in Leicestershire and Rutland are able to offer you an appointment. Download the GP details (Word)

If you are aged 16 and over, you can order free emergency contraception pills online and have them delivered to your home.

If you want to pick up the morning-after pill locally you can:

• call 0300 247 0068 to get it from your nearest Sexual Health Hub, or attend one of our walk-in services

• visit a local accredited pharmacy that offers free NHS emergency contraception. Find an approved pharmacy

• get it from your GP surgery

• buy it from a local chemist or high street pharmacy (prices start at £10)

Under 19s can attend any of our walk-in services, or book an appointment with us for free and confidential contraception and sexual health advice, treatment and testing.

Some of our clinics specifically cater to young people. Call 0300 247 0068 and tell the staff member that you are 19 years old or younger, and they will provide you with the necessary advice.

Our online services are not available for people under 16.

If you have been sexually assaulted, we are here to listen and support you. We can give you information about other suitable services, and it's always free and confidential.
Please call 0300 247 0068 to speak to one of our team who will signpost you to the most appropriate option based on our availability.
Alternatively, contact Juniper Lodge by calling 0116 273 3330, their services are available 24/7.

If you need immediate support after a sexual assault or rape, there are specialist centres all over the UK that can help you. These sexual assault referral centres are open 24 hours a day. They offer medical, practical and emotional support.

Contact a sexual assault service near you in:

• England

• Northern Ireland

• Scotland

• Wales

National helplines:

• Rape Crisis have a national 24/7 freephone support line on 0808 500 2222. They also offer support online

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline, call 0808 2000 247 for free and confidential support, 24 hours a day.

You do not need to report anything to the police to use these services. But they can help you if you do want to do this.

PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a drug taken by HIV-negative people before and after sex that reduces the risk of getting HIV.

PrEP is available free of charge on the NHS in England. You can get it from your local sexual health clinic.

PEP (Post-exposure prophylaxis) is a medicine that can stop HIV. You need to start taking it within 3 days (72 hours) of being in contact with the virus for it to work properly.

If you're eligible, you can get PEP free on the NHS from your local sexual health clinic or HIV service.

PrEP and PEP are available within Leicestershire and Rutland. Contact us on 0300 247 0068 to book an appointment or alternatively attend one of our walk-in services.

If you discover that you have a pregnancy that you feel you are unable to continue with we are able to provide free and confidential support and signposting.

Call 0300 247 0068 to speak to a member of the Leicestershire and Rutland sexual health team.

Alternatively there are two services which provide support for women considering or requesting a termination (abortion) of pregnancy.

• Contact the local BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service), they are specialists in treatment, advice and support for people considering an abortion

• The Orchid Clinic based at Leicester Royal Infirmary

Both services are accessible to patients directly through a self-referral.

More support and information

MSI Reproductive Choices and Brook offer free pro-choice counselling – that is, no one will try to influence your decision. They'll listen to you and help you decide what to do, but the choice will be yours.

We are dedicated to providing a friendly and professional service to everyone, regardless of gender or sexuality. When you visit our clinic, you are not required to disclose any personal information about your sexuality to the receptionist. To book an appointment or to seek advice, contact us on 0300 303 8565.

Our Sexual Health Service has participated in the Pride in Practice Accreditation Programme. This initiative aims to ensure that the LGBTQ+ community has equal access to healthcare. Currently, individuals within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community face numerous barriers in accessing appropriate healthcare and often experience poorer health outcomes compared to the general population.

Pride in Practice is a quality assurance programme that addresses these inequalities, and our service has been awarded the Gold standard.

Other support organisations across Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicestershire LGBTQ+Centre

Provides social and support groups, outreach, counselling, advocacy, bespoke support and guidance, health and wellbeing initiatives and creative outlets.

0116 254 7412

info@leicesterlgbtcentre.org

TRADE Sexual Health

Provides free confidential health advice, information, services and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities.

0116 254 1747

0300 247 0068

HCRG.LRSexualhealthhub@nhs.net

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