


Your local sexual health clinics
We have hubs in Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford and Leamington Spa (opening May 2024)
Call 0300 247 0069 to make an appointment at any of our sexual health hubs
Clinic addresses and opening times:
Coventry
West Orchard Shopping Centre
Smithford Way
Coventry CV1 1QX
Monday: 8am to 5pm
Tuesday: 8am to 5.30pm currently
Wednesday: 8am to 4pm
Thursday: 8am to 5pm
Friday: 8am to 3.30pm
Saturday: 9am to 3pm
Sunday: Closed
Nuneaton
Bond House, Unit 1
42 Newdegate Street
Nuneaton CV11 4EU
Monday: 9am to 6pm
Tuesday: 9am to 7pm
Wednesday: 9am to 6pm
Thursday: 9am to 5pm
Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday: 9am to 12pm
Sunday: Closed
Rugby
The Swan Centre
Chapel Street
Rugby CV21 3EB
Monday to Wednesday: 9am to 5pm
Thursday: 9am to 7pm
Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday: 9am to 12pm
Sunday: Closed
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford Healthcare Building
Arden Street
Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6NQ
Monday: 9am to 5pm
Tuesday: 9am to 7pm
Wednesday: 9am to 7pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 9am to 12pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Leamington Spa – opening May 2024
32 Bath Street
Leamington Spa, CV31 3AE
Other services in Coventry and Warwickshire
Your GP or pharmacy can help with some sexual health services. GP practices can prescribe ongoing and long-acting contraception. Pharmacies can provide free emergency contraception and chlamydia test kits
Emergency contraception services
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 0069 to get it from your nearest Sexual Health Hub
- Visit a local pharmacy that offers NHS emergency contraception services
- Get it from your GP surgery
- Buy it from a local chemist or high street pharmacy (prices start at £10)
Services for young people (under 16)
For confidential sexual health support in Coventry and Warwickshire, book an appointment on 0300 247 0069.
Our sexual health teams understand the needs of young people and we can help and support you with all your sexual health needs.
This includes:
- STI testing
- contraception
- pregnancy testing
- emergency contraception
- condoms and lube
Our online services are not available for people under 16
Support after rape or assault
If you’ve been sexually assaulted, we have free and confidential services to support you
- Blue Sky Centre is a specialist service in Nuneaton, open 24 hours a day. They offer medical, practical and emotional support after assault. Call them on 0800 970 0370
- Rape Crisis have a national 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
- Call 0300 247 0069 to make an emergency appointment at your local sexual health clinic
Important: Sexual Assault AdvicePolice tel 999 (emergency) or 101 (non-emergency).
Sex Workers
As well as its work on HIV/AIDS, the Terence Higgins Trust runs a support service in Coventry for male and female sex workers. Main office in Birmingham 0121 694 6440. HIV/AIDS information and help-line Terence Higgins Trust (Midlands) 10 Manor Road, Coventry CV1 2LH. Tel 024 7622 9292.
Kairos is a support service for female sex workers: KairosWWT | Women Working Together – Women Working Together
Kairos Women Working Together (Kairos WWT) was established in 1999 and is a specialist organisation in Coventry run by women, for women. We provide holistic, trauma informed, long term support and advocacy for women who are subject to or at risk of sexual exploitation; including women who face multiple disadvantage and have ‘complex’ unmet needs. We empower women to increase their safety, stability, self-belief, and self-reliance; improve their life chances, and build fulfilled lives, free from violence, abuse, and exploitation.
Turnaround is the other service we work with for support for sex workers in Coventry and Birmingham: providing free, non-judgemental and confidential support
Turnaround West Midlands Community Interest Company
PrEP and PEP
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 service.
Patient friendly resources:
UK guide to PrEP | Guides | HIV i-Base
UK national PrEP guidelines for HCPs: BHIVA/BASHH guidelines on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 2018
- 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
PEPSE is available from ED ( or A&E), Sexual Assault Referral Centres and Sexual Health clinics
HIV Services
We have specialist HIV clinics at each of our 4 Sexual Health Hub locations to support people living with HIV
If you have been recently diagnosed with HIV or you would like to transfer your care to one of our services, contact us on 0300 247 0069
HIV treatment means that most people with HIV will live a healthy life with a normal life expectancy, especially if they’re diagnosed early. After 6 months of successful treatment, a person with HIV cannot pass it on to sexual partners. This is known as ‘undetectable equals untransmittable’ or ‘U=U’.
For more information about this – click here:
Link for Health Care Professionals: BHIVA endorses ‘Undetectable equals Untransmittable’ (U=U) consensus statement
Link for patient friendly information: Can’t Pass It On | Terrence Higgins Trust (tht.org.uk)
For further support with HIV:
- TB-HIV Support – Coventry Citizens Advice offers practical advice and support on financial matters
- Terrence Higgins Trust in Coventry and Warwickshire can offer advice and support for people living with HIV
New diagnosis of HIV – referral pathway from Primary Care to HIV services

Lost IUD/IUS threads
Attached is the patient pathway for management of absent IUD/IUS threads. If threads are absent, we recommend that the patient is re-examined approximately 1-2 weeks later, before referral to Ultrasound to confirm positioning.

Be Savvy
Informative website giving advice about relationships, sex, drugs and alcohol.
For young people and their parents follow link
Chlamydia Testing
Free and confidential Chlamydia screening and treatment is available for under 25’s in Coventry.
Special arrangements for people aged 15 to 24 years with a Coventry post code are available click here or phone 03000 200 001. For more information, visit the Be Savvy website.
A postal kit can be ordered via Free Test Me.
Chlamydia testing and C Card services are also available through:
- School Nursing services
- GP surgeries
- Designated pharmacies
Condoms
The C-card offers free condoms and chlamydia screening for anyone in Coventry age 13 to 25.
For information and to register for a card click here or tel 024 7683 3229
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