The stigma of intimate examinations still causes extreme anxiety in many women throughout the UK.
Perceptions about the disclosure of your sexual behaviour adds to the fear, leaving many women avoiding appointments.
Recently we have seen a drop in routine cervical screening, leaving some areas of the UK with a 50% decrease in attendance. Studies have also shown an overall drop in attendance with both men and women between the ages of 16-44. [Read more…]
Our busy lives are having an affect on our health, with over 15 million people each year missing doctors appointments.
Recent studies how found that the top two reasons for not showing up, are illness or forgetfulness.
With this huge strain on the NHS and private clinics, many surgeries have started to issue fines for people who either cancel too late or do not turn up to their appointment. [Read more…]
February 1st brings us a whole month of LGBT education on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, plus the history of gay rights and related civil rights.
How much do you know about the LGBT community?
In the UK we celebrate LGBT History Month during February as it coincides with the abolition of Section 28, which happened in 2003. [Read more…]
Empty pockets, empty house, and a hefty hangover. Have you been left with more than you bargained for this New Year?
The new year never starts the way you wanted it to. If you have had unsafe sex you may have been left with more than you expected.
STIs hit a peak around the Christmas period, due to high levels of alcohol consumption and weekly partying.
Towards the end of 2018, reports highlighted rising numbers of STIs in and around London. Adding to this crisis, many STI clinics have been shut down, causing many to delay treatments or diagnosis.
Because of these factors we are urging people to come forward and be tested this January. Even if you have no symptoms.
We are on hand to diagnose and treat any “nasties” you may have picked up over the Christmas period.
If you have any of the symptoms listed below it is incredibly important to get checked straight away, and not perform any sexual act before doing so.
It is also important to be honest with the person you have had intercourse with, even if you feel you may have contracted it from that person. They may not show any signs of ill health and could be unaware, so try not to judge or blame. No one likes to face an STI, so the best way to deal with it is with maturity and quickly.
If you cannot make it to your local clinic, why not order a online test kit!.
We provide online testing, making it easy and convenient for you to be tested.
For more information on our online tests click here – Self testing proving popular in London.
Or if you feel you would like to be checked by a doctor click here for our booking form.
The parties have started, the office is buzzing and Santa is on his way!
“Are you getting anything nice for Christmas?” – Jewellery? – New sneakers? – Chlamydia?
Seems a silly question right? However 1 in 10 people are set to get an STI this festive season! And low and behold most of them will come from your office Christmas bash!
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to revise health budget cuts, claiming London is currently suffering ‘stark health inequalities’. Leaving “health variations from postcode to postcode, borough to borough”. [Read more…]
Obesity is being branded “the new smoking” as it has now become the second biggest cause of cancer.
Posing further risks to health, with deadly diseases such as type two diabetes and heart disease, NHS England have now demanded action should be taken to tackle the growing crisis. [Read more…]
As a parent, you do everything possible to keep your children happy, healthy and safe, however the grey areas of children’s vaccinations has caused much debate.
It is easy to risk assess physical dangers such as young children playing near a road, or running by a pool. In most cases as parents we intervene to prevent our children from suffering pain. [Read more…]
As NHS STI clinics across London struggle to keep up with the high demands due to budget cuts, a bigger demand for self testing kits (also known as e-STI testing) have proved to be a relief to a burgeoning NHS. [Read more…]
The boys have won in a long battle to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV (human papilloma virus).
The announcement came this week from the health secretary Matt Hancock, calling for all boys between 12 and 13 to be vaccinated from September 2019, if not sooner. [Read more…]
