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Welcome to Greenwich Sexual Health!
Sexual Health Helpline:
For information about our services, for your sexual health testing results, or for support and advice, please ring our Sexual Health Office on 020 8305 5005.
Temporarily, opening hours are 10am - 3pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays. Our phone lines will close 24th of December at 12pm and reopen on the 27th of December. We will also close the phone lines 31st December at 12pm and reopen on the 2nd of January.
Young People's Services
If you are between the ages of 13-24, and need support or advice around your sexual health, please ring our Sexual Health Office on 020 8305 5005 or speak to us about a referral for 1:1 sessions.
You can Order an online Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Test, which will be sent directly to your home for free, click here
You can have Free Condoms Sent to your Home by Registering for Free Condoms here.
Sexual Health Clinics
Our Greenwich Sexual Health Clinics are currently closed to walk-in appointments. If you need an urgent sexual health appointment, please call our Market St Clinic on 020 8301 8920 and choose option 1 to talk to a nurse. You will then either be advised what to do, or be offered an appointment.
Online Sexual Health Testing
If you are a resident of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, you can order an online sexual health test.
Take care, and stay safe!
The Greenwich Sexual Health Team
Syphilis
Basic Info
What is syphilis?
- Syphilis is a sexually acquired infection
- In the UK syphilis infection is relatively uncommon. However, in recent years the numbers of cases diagnosed in men and women has increased.
- The condition is especially significant in pregnant women where infection can cause miscarriage, still birth, or foetal abnormality.
Who gets syphilis?
- Anyone who has sex can get syphilis. People most at risk are those having unprotected sexual intercourse (i.e. not using a condom), those with more than one sexual partner, and those who change partners frequently.
How do you catch syphilis?
- Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. It is caught through unprotected vaginal, oral or anal intercourse or genital contact with an infected partner.
- An infected person may have no symptoms, but still transmit the infection without knowing.
- Syphilis cannot be caught by casual contact (toilet seats, swimming pools and saunas).
- A pregnant woman with infectious syphilis can pass the infection to her foetus via the placenta or during birth.
Do you have Symptoms?
If you have symptoms you should get yourself tested to avoid infection developing and from transferring it to someone else.
