{"id":554,"date":"2026-02-06T12:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:09:45","slug":"sexual-health-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/sexual-health-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Health Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"dabu7\">The Sexual Health Team provide innovative services, delivered by a committed, highly skilled workforce to achieve standards of excellence in sexual health. The team includes health advisors, doctors, sexual health nurses and support staff who are friendly, non-judgmental and will be happy to advise on any matters related to sexual health. The services are free, confidential and open to people of all ages (including under 16s).<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5crj0\">The Sexual Health Clinic services run two main types of sexual health clinics for patients living within County Durham and Darlington. Sexual Health Hubs specialise in sexual infections and provide contraception. Community clinics specialise in contraception and some sexually transmitted infection screening.<\/p>\n<h3 data-block-key=\"8u1a1\"><b>Arrange an Appointment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-block-key=\"atcf4\">To make an appointment (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm) please use the telephone number below or visit their website:<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2h023\">Call the Durham Sexual Health Team to make an Appointment Tel: <a href=\"tel0191 3728 700\">01913728700<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2h023\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cddft.nhs.uk\/services\/sexual-health\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--arrow-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 0 0-10 9h11.7l-4-4a1 1 0 0 1 1.5-1.4l5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.4l-5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1-1.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4l4-4H2A10 10 0 1 0 12 2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Visit the Sexual Health Team Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"mgj08\"><b>Free Online Testing<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"duoqe\">The SH:24 Services provide free online testing If you are 16 years or over and live in County Durham or Darlington. The STI tests are delivered by post in a friendly envelope, you will receive your results by text(SMS).<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f7smf\">You can order a free testing kit for Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis and HIV by visiting the link below:<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f7smf\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sh24.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--arrow-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 0 0-10 9h11.7l-4-4a1 1 0 0 1 1.5-1.4l5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.4l-5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1-1.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4l4-4H2A10 10 0 1 0 12 2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Online Testing SH:24 Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sexual Health Team provide innovative services, delivered by a committed, highly skilled workforce to achieve standards of excellence in sexual health. The team includes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a83011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}