Sexual Health

Nepean and Blue Mountains Hospitals Sexual Health and HIV Clinic

Contact Information: Nepean Sexual Health and HIV clinic
Telephone:	4734 2507
Facsimile:	4734 2620
Location:	Court Building, Nepean Hospital
Best Parking:	Multi Storey Carpark, Somerset Street (Charges may apply)
Postal Address:	PO Box 63 Penrith 2751
Street Address:	Derby Street Kingswood 2747
Hours of Operation: (Service Hours)	Due to the current Coronavirus situation please telephone for an appointment. Walk in services are not available.
After Hours Contact Instructions:	General Practitioner Emergency Department Sexual Health Info Line:1800 451 624 HIV Info Line: 1800 451 600 Gay Men’s Info Line: 1800 009 448 PEP Info Line: 1800 737 660
Hand Hygiene and infection control:	Hand hygiene is one important factor in preventing hospital infections. You can also help so we ask that you perform hand hygiene as you enter and leave a healthcare facility and when visiting a ward. Hand hygiene stations are located on every ward and throughout the Hospital.

Contact Information: Blue Mountains Sexual Health and HIV Clinic
Telephone:	4784 6560 4784 6644
Facsimile:	4782 4659
Location:	Staff Accommodation Building Blue Mountains District Hospital Katoomba 2780
Best Parking:	On site, Hospital carpark (free)
Postal Address:	PO Box 63, Penrith, NSW 2751
Street Address:	Great Western Highway Katoomba
Hours of Operation: (Service Hours)	Due to the current Coronavirus situation please telephone for an appointment. Walk in services are not available.
After Hours Contact Instructions:	General Practitioner Emergency Department Sexual Health Info Line:1800 451 624 HIV Info Line: 1800 451 600 Gay Men’s Info Line: 1800 009 448 PEP Info Line: 1800 737 669
Hand Hygiene and infection control:	Hand hygiene is one important factor in preventing hospital infections. You can also help so we ask that you perform hand hygiene as you enter and leave a healthcare facility and when visiting a ward. Hand hygiene stations are located on every ward and throughout the Hospital.

Nepean Blue Mountains LHD has Sexual Health Clinics at Nepean Hospital and Blue Mountains Hospital

The Clinics provide FREE and confidential testing, treatment and management of sexually transmissible infections (STI) and HIV/AIDs. We provide a professional, caring and non-judgemental service which enables people to look after their own sexual health.

The multidisciplinary sexual health teams consists of Specialist Sexual Health Doctors, specialist nurses, social workers and administrative staff at both Clinics.

Appointments can be made by calling the clinic. People may self-refer or be referred by their doctor.

Services provided by NBMLHD Sexual Health Clinics include:

Testing, treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections
Treatment and management of HIV
Vaccination, following STI assessment
Contact tracing
GP support and advice
Hepatitis clinic referrals
Specialist support and counselling for sexual health issues and people living with HIV
Phone information
Post Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV - PEP
Chaperone available on request for examination

Our social workers can provide counselling for a range of sexual health related concerns.

Interpreters available.

Who We See

All sexual health clinics in NSW have eligibility assessment as outlined in the NSW Health STI and HIV Strategies. This assessment criteria focuses on people at highest risk.

Our target groups are:

people living with HIV,
gay men,
men who have sex with men,
sex workers,
people who inject drugs,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders,
young people under 24,
people who have symptoms of an STI
people who have had sex with someone who has been diagnosed with an STI.

If you are not included in any of the above groups, you may be referred to another appropriate service. Family Planning, GP’s (local doctors) and other services can provide routine health care such as Pap smears, contraceptive services, breast checks and sexual dysfunction.

Useful Links

Here are some useful links to Sexual Health Information

	NSW Health HIV testing Information
	Men's STI Risk Calculator Know The Risk is a guide to the risks involved with a variety of practices and situations where guys have made a choice not to use condoms.
	Men's Sexual Health Information This website provides information about some of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) experienced by gay men (HIV-positive or HIV-negative).
	Sexual Health Information Line The NSW Sexual Health Infoline is a NSW Health funded collaboration between Sydney Sexual Health Centre and the NSW STI Programs Unit.
	NSW Health Sexual Health Information The Sexual Health Plus section of the NSW Health website provides a portal with links to NSW Health strategies, reports, services, policy directives and guidelines; as well as national research, policies and agencies relating to sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs).
	STI Program Unit NSW STI Programs Unit was established in 2007 to assist coordination and, where appropriate, to directly implement certain statewide aspects of the NSW Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy 2006-2010.
	AIDS Council of NSW ACON is New South Wales’ leading health promotion organisation specialising in HIV and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) health.
	Let a partner know if they are at risk of an STI This website has been developed by Melbourne Sexual Health Centre to help people who have been diagnosed with Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Mycoplasma genitalium, Syphilis and Trichomonas to tell their sexual partners that they might also be at risk.
	Play Safe - NSW Health The ‘Play Safe’ website (developed in consultation with the NSW Youth Advisory Council) is a one-stop shop for young people who want to know more about safe sex and STI testing, and the easy-to-navigate layout and funky design make it especially youth friendly. Play Safe provides young people all the information they need about safe sex, getting tested and STIs in the one place.
	NSW STI Programs Unit - 'Test More' Video [You Tube] Community champions say 'test More' to end HIV by 2020