Wakefield District NHS contraception and sexual health services

Central Wakefield

Full range of sexual health services

Josephine Butler Centre for Sexual Health

Clayton Hospital
Northgate
Wakefield

Tel: 01924 214421
Appointments also available in Pontefract

Opening hours:

• Mon: 9am – 5pm 
• Tues: 9am – 5pm
• Weds: 9am – 12.30pm 
• Thurs: 9am – 5pm 
• Friday: 9am – 5pm 
• Closed for lunch between: 12.30 –1.30pm
• One late clinic each week

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Fieldhead Hospital

HIV Counselling and Support Service
Ouchthorpe Lane
Wakefield 
WF1 3ST

Tel: 01924 364144

Support, testing and counselling for people affected  by HIV or AIDS

Opening hours:

• Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm,
• late appointments can be arranged

Contraception and Sexual Health (CaSH) Service  

Margaret Street Clinic

15 Margaret Street
Wakefield
WF1 2DQ

Tel: 01924 327586

Outreach clinics also available in Castleford, South Elmsall, Pontefract, Airedale, Knottingley, Hemsworth and Normanton.

Please call the central clinic to find out exact locations and times.

Opening hours:

You can contact the clinic by phone:

• Mon – Thurs: 8.30am – 8.30pm
• Fri: 8.30am – 6pm
• Sat: 10.30am – 1.30pm

A mix of pre-booked appointments and drop-in sessions are available on different times and days.

Services include all methods of contraception including free condoms, cervical screening and STI testing including HIV.  You can also access Options and Options Plus services from Margaret Street.  Options provide sexual health services for young men and women under 20.  Options Plus offers unplanned pregnancy counselling for women of any age, including referral for termination.  

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Chlamydia testing services for under 25s

There are two easy ways you can get screened.   

The first is to ask us to post you a screening pack by either:

• Calling   01977 665828;
• Texting ‘bclear’ followed by your name and address to 80010;  
• Emailing your name and address to bclear@wdpct.nhs.uk;
• Visiting www.bclear.org.uk and completing an online form.

We send you the pack for you to provide a urine sample, which you then return in the freepost envelope we provide.Or you can go to one of the nearby screening sites listed at  www.bclear.org.uk

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The following GP surgeries offer sexual health and contraception services to all people living in the Wakefield District, even if you are not registered with them.

Riverside Medical Centre

Saville Road
Castleford

Tel: 01977 554831

Ferrybridge Medical Centre

Ferrybridge
Pontefract

0844 477 8787

Rycroft Primary Care Centre

Madeley Road
Havercroft
Pontefract 

Tel: 01226 725555

White Rose Surgery

Exhange Street
South Elmsall

Tel: 01977 642412

Your own GP will also be able to provide a wide range of contraception and sexual health advice.

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