Sexual Health Hounslow
Sexual health matters to both individuals and communities. It is an integral part of overall health and well-being. It is therefore important to pay attention to your sexual health regardless of your age, and whether you are in a long term relationship or not. Our ambition is to improve the sexual health and wellbeing of our residents.
Sexual Health Hounslow clinics offer free and confidential advice and support on all aspects of sexual health and contraception.
There are three sexual health clinics in Hounslow:
- Isleworth- Twickenham House, West Middlesex Hospital, TW7 6AF
- Hounslow- Heart of Hounslow, 92 Bath Road TW3 3EL
- Feltham- Feltham Centre for Health, TW13 4GU
For more information visit www.chelwest.nhs.uk/shh or call 020 8321 5718 between 8am to 12pm Monday to Friday
Emergency Contraception
Emergency contraception can help avoid a pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse (without using contraception) or contraceptive failure (condom has split, missing your pill, etc).
Emergency Hormonal Contraception is also known as the ‘morning after pill’ when taken within 72 hours can help prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if your contraceptive method has failed. You can get free emergency hormonal contraception from a sexual health clinic or from your nearest pharmacies.
Come Correct - Free condoms for under-25’s
If you are under 25 years, the C-card scheme enables you to collect free condoms at a number of locations in Hounslow and across London.
Register for the C-Card in Hounslow to get free condoms, advice and guidance on safer sexual practices.
- Visit the Come Correct website for more information
- Check which Hounslow pharmacies offer free condoms
- Visit the NHS website for more information on male condoms
Chlamydia testing
Chlamydia is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK, with sexually active young people at highest risk. You don't need to have had lots of sexual partners to be at risk. Chlamydia often has no symptoms and can have serious health consequences (e.g. chronic abdominal pain and long-term problems including infertility) in both men and women.
If you are sexually active and under 25, you should be tested for chlamydia at least every year and every time you have a new partner, even if it is under a year since you last tested. You can get tested at the sexual health clinic, or at your GP practice. You can also test yourself at home by ordering the Chlamydia screening kit from SH:24 online, or collect the kit from your nearest pharmacy.
HIV testing
London has the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections in England, with 33,863 Londoners diagnosed with HIV. Across the UK it’s estimated there are nearly 26,000 people with HIV who do not know they have it. The only way to find out if you have HIV is to have an HIV test. This involves testing a sample of your blood or saliva for signs of the infection.
You can get tested at a sexual health clinic, as your GP practice or online.
Young Hounslow Sexual Health
YHSH provide young people with the skills, knowledge and confidence to practise safer sexual health and promote positive well-being for the rest of their lives, whoever they are, and wherever they are in the community. Get in touch via email younghounslowrse@turning-point.co.uk
The Desi POV
The Desi POV is a South Asian led collaboration between healthcare professionals in London. We want to open up discussions around sexual wellbeing in South Asian communities and improve understanding of key topics such as contraception, consent, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Most resources on sexual health are from a Western perspective. We hope to create inclusive content in a variety of languages to reach those in the community who need it via videos.
