If you do not have any symptoms, you can access online STI postal testing kits.
The online STI testing service has changed. From the October 2024, if you live anywhere within Nottingham or Nottinghamshire then you can access free online testing at SH:UK. This is part of the new Sexual Health Services Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
These postal STI kits screen for genital gonorrhoea and chlamydia, as well as syphilis and HIV infection.
If you request a test, please remember to return it.
The vast majority of people take their own blood sample with minimal difficulties but some do struggle, so we suggest watching the Finger-Prick Blood Test Self-Sampling Guide (external link) video for tips on how to best do this.
STI testing in the sexual health clinic
As part of our service, we offer a screen for genital gonorrhoea and chlamydia, as well as syphilis and HIV infection for those without symptoms (asymptomatic) in the sexual health clinic.
This screen is suitable if you do not have any symptoms suggestive of an infection (such as discharge, pain passing urine, rashes, lumps, bumps or pain in the abdomen or testes).
Additionally, the service is only suitable if you:
- Are over 18 years of age
- Have not been in sexual contact with a person known to have an STI,
- Are not pregnant (females only);
- Have not been sexually assaulted.
It is not for patients requiring contraception advice, examination or treatment.
Should you attend the service and this not be the case, then you will be required to make an alternative appointment by calling 0300 1317010.