Sexual Health
Powys Sexual Health Services
What we offer (free & confidential):
- Sexual health advice, testing for sexually transmitted infections and treatment for some infections.
- Onward referral to other services/clinicians when required
- Contraception including implant and coil insertions
- Pregnancy testing
- HIV testing
- Referral to psychosexual counselling service
All access to sexual health/contraception clinics are by appointment only.
Tel: 02922 784417
The phoneline is open Monday / Wednesday / Friday 10:00-14:00
Patients who currently have no symptoms but require access to STI screening are encouraged to order test kits via Test & Post service (see more information below).
You can use this service to get a free test kit for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea. You can also get a free kit that will test for HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. You can use these kits in your own home and then post it to the laboratory in the pre-paid envelope. Send everything back with the samples to the laboratory, including the request form, as your samples cannot be tested without it.
Find out more from the Sexual Health Wales website.
Face to face appointments with a sexual health nurse. A triage system is operated – all patients will be offered an initial telephone assessment to determine needs and suitability for nurse led care. Please call the phone number above.
Where: Newtown Montgomery County Infirmary, Outpatients Department, Llanfair Rd, Newtown SY16 2DW
When: 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month
Where: Llanidloes & District War Memorial Hospital, Eastgate Street, Llanidloes, SY18 6HF
When: 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month
Where: Glan Irfon Health & Social Care, Love Lane, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3DG
When: 2nd & 4th Thursday of the Month
Where: Bronllys Hospital Outpatient’s Department, Bronllys Hospital, Bronllys, Brecon, Powys LD3 0LU
When: 1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month
If you are pregnant and wish to continue with the pregnancy, it is best to access healthcare as soon as possible. To do this contact your local Midwifery team.
If you are pregnant and do not wish to continue with the pregnancy and would like to request an abortion (termination of pregnancy), you can access the service via the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS).
If you are unsure about whether you want to continue with the pregnancy, advice is available from:
- your GP or nurse at your GP surgery
- NHS website
- Brook, a sexual health charity for young people
- a sexual health clinic
Advice is available even if you are under 16 years.
You can find useful information from the following websites: