Teesside

Urgent symptoms

For an emergency or urgent help outside these hours, visit your nearest A&E which is likely to be James Cook University Hospital or North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. Find your nearest urgent care service and find your nearest A&E.

Emergency contraception - IUDs

Emergency IUDs are the most effective form of emergency contraception and can be fitted at our sexual health clinics (please call us on 0300 3301122 or book an appointment online). Emergency contraceptive pills are available free from our sexual health clinics, some pharmacies and GP practices. Out of hours, emergency contraceptive pills are available from most NHS walk-in centres, minor injury units, and some hospital A&E departments. It is also available (at a cost) from most pharmacies.

If you’ve had unprotected sex and want to know your pregnancy risk and options, you might like to use the SXT emergency contraception calculator. This will help you to assess your pregnancy risk but it cannot tell you for certain whether you are or will become pregnant.

Emergency contraception - contraceptive pills

Emergency contraceptive pills are available free from our sexual health clinics, some pharmacies and GP practices. Out of hours, emergency contraceptive pills are available from most NHS walk-in centres, minor injury units, and some hospital A&E departments. It is also available (at a cost) from most pharmacies.

Click on the red Emergency pill finder button below to find out where you can get the emergency contraceptive pill near you.

PEPSE (anti-HIV medication)

PEPSE can stop HIV infection taking hold after the virus has entered the body. However, it is an emergency measure to be used as a last resort, for example if a condom breaks. Please call us if you think you need PEPSE on 0300 3301122. You can get this from Sexual health and HIV clinics, Accident & Emergency. Regular family doctors (GPs) don’t give PEPSE.

Rape and abuse

If you’ve been sexually assaulted, please don’t suffer alone. It’s important that you’re seen as soon as possible for physical and emotional support. You can call us straight away but we recommend you first contact your nearest Sexual Assault & Referral Centre (SARC) which is Helen Brittan House. Their helpline is run by crisis workers and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 01642 516888.

Order a free STI test

Get free condoms

If you’re aged 13-24, you can get free condoms through our Pharmacy C Card Scheme. You only need to register once and can then use your card at any of the 90+ pharmacies offering this service across Teesside (they all display our promotional posters).

Our pharmacies will also be able to offer you additional advice and guidance, and many offer chlamydia screening kits that you can take home, complete and post off. 25 or over? You can access free condoms at any of our sexual health or contraceptive clinics each time you attend.

Parking at Teesside Sexual Health Clinics

Billingham Health Centre, Queensway Billingham
Parking on site – free of charge

Cleveland Health Centre, Middlesbrough
Parking on site – chargeable. Ticket issued on arrival, pay on leaving

Guisborough Hospital
Parking on site – free of charge

Lawson Street Health Centre, Stockton
Parking on site – free of charge

North Ormesby Health Village, Middlesbrough
Parking on site – free of charge

Redcar Community & Leisure Heart
Parking is available in the underground car park, £1.50 for 2 hours or £3.00 for all day. Other car parks are available nearby and are chargeable.

One Life, Hartlepool
Parking on site – chargeable – pay at machine on arrival – £1.00 for 2 hours

Live Well Centre, Dundas, Middlesbrough
Parking in underground site – chargeable

Thornaby Health Centre
Off site parking close by – free of charge

Changing your appointment

Please let us know as soon as possible if you need to change your appointment time or if you are unable to attend your appointment. Please contact  0300 330 1122, or change/cancel your appointment online if you have created an online account

Our performance

Healthcare regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected our services in September 2017 and rated them ‘Good’. You can view details of the CQC report.