Sexual Health Testing & Treatment

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common and often have no symptoms. To reduce your risk:
• Use condoms or barrier protection every time you have sex
• Get regular STI checks, especially when starting a new relationship
• Avoid sharing sex toys or wash them well between uses
• Talk openly with partners about sexual health and recent testing
• Get vaccinated against HPV and hepatitis B if you're eligible

Early testing and treatment helps protect both you and your partners

• Take your medicine exactly as prescribed, and finish the full course.
• Avoid sex during treatment and for 7 days after completing treatment, and until all partners are treated.
• Let recent sexual partners know they should get tested.

• Retest for chlamydia in 3 months to check for reinfection.
• For Gonorrhoea, a test-of-cure may be needed 4 weeks after treatment if symptoms continue or oral infection was treated.
• Come back if symptoms worsen or don’t improve within 2–3 days.