Services Provided

We offer an integrated, easily accessible, and confidential sexual health service. You do not need to see your doctor before attending a sexual health clinic.

We offer the following services:

• All forms of contraception, including:
  • Combined Contraceptive Pill, and Progestogen-Only Pill,
  • Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill) (after unprotected sex)
  • IUD, and IUS ("Coil") insertions
  • Implant insertions
  • Contraceptive injection (Depo Provera or Sayana Press)
  • Male, female, and oral condoms
• Pregnancy testing, including advice on unplanned pregnancies and referral to the Pregnancy Advisory Service if required
• Testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) including HIV
• Informing those who may have been in sexual contact with a STI
• Advice and testing for the LGBTQ+ community
• Testing, advice, and treatment for sexually active people aged 18 and under
• Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV (to stop people catching HIV after a high-risk exposure)
• Pre Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) (to prevent people catching HIV before they have sex)
• Outpatient clinical services for HIV treatment and care

If you want an STI screen but have no symptoms, please follow this link to the Public Health Wales Test and Post Service. You can apply for a postal kit to be sent to your home address. If you test positive, you will receive a text message and we will contact you to arrange treatment.

If you are under 18 and need contraception, STI testing/treatment or sexual health advice please drop in to either of our clinics:

• Tuesdays 2pm – 5pm, Department of Sexual Health, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0SZ
• Thursdays 3pm – 5pm, Broad Street Clinic, Barry, CF62 7AL

Alternatively, you can call us on 02921 835208 to book an appointment if you can’t attend the drop-in.

Confidentiality

We provide a confidential service to all of our patients including those under 16. No personal information can be accessed by any individual or organisation outside the Sexual Health Department. 

The only reason we might have to consider passing on confidential information without your permission would be to protect you or someone else from serious harm. We would always try to discuss this with you first.

We sometimes suggest that we inform your GP of ongoing treatment or conditions. We will only correspond with GPs or other hospital departments regarding matters relevant to ongoing care with the consent of the individual concerned.