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23 October, 2006 The launch of a new drop-in testing and treatment service for young people in central London. | ![]() |
The Mortimer Market Centre has opened a new clinic to provide a sexual health testing & treatment service for young people under 25. The clinic is based at Terrence Higgins Trust, 314 Gray's Inn Rd, London.
The service is open on Tuesdays from 9.30 till 4pm and up to 18 young people per week will be able to access the full range of sexual health and contraceptive services including:
The service will be walk-in with no appointments and there will be slots for 10 males and slots for 8 females per day.
Kelvin Julian THTs Sexual Health outreach coordinator for young people in Camden will also be holding Sex and Relationship Education sessions which will run parallel to the clinic appointments. The 30 minute sessions will be on a one to one basis and focused on contraception and sexual health.Content of the sessions will include condom demonstrations, contraception and emergency contraception advice, information on sexually transmitted infections and HIV transmission.
For further information please call THT Direct on 0845 12 21 200.
You can find out more about the service here.
For further information, please contact:
Oliver Wright, Senior Press Officer
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7812 1623
Email: oliver.wright@tht.org.uk
Sally Wright, Head of Media
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7812 1625
Email: sally.wright@tht.org.uk
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