We provide free and confidential sexual health services in North and North East Lincolnshire (NLiSH), with clinics in Grimsby and Scunthorpe. This includes information and advice on all types of contraception and STI testing and treatment.
Call 01522 309 309 and choose option 1
Services available at clinics in Grimsby and Scunthorpe
- Counselling and advice
- Contraception (all types)
- Emergency contraception (the emergency IUD and emergency contraceptive pills)
- Screening and treatment for all sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including people living with HIV
- Express testing
- Postal testing
- Online condoms
- Hepatitis B vaccinations
- Smear tests
- Pregnancy testing
- Coil and implant fitting and removal
- Referral for termination of pregnancy
- PrEP
You can also access most contraception including first and repeat prescriptions at your GP.
Text 07312 263 103 Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm
*This is not a crisis service. Texts replied to within 24 hours
Please note: this is NOT a live chat. We aim to respond to all messages within 24 working hours, Monday to Friday (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays). Please also be aware that with the additional pressure on services we may not be able to respond as quickly as we would like.
If you need help in the meantime contact your doctor or call NHS 111 or visit our website: Click here for our website. If it is an emergency, dial 999 or visit A&E.
Click here for the privacy statement from Chathealth.
We do not usually inform your parents or anyone else if you contact us. We might inform someone if we were concerned about your safety, but we would usually speak to you first. Your messages are stored and can be seen by other healthcare staff who follow the same confidentiality rules. Texts will not be seen outside of normal working hours. Our text number does not receive voice calls or MMS picture messages. We support messaging from UK mobile numbers only (which does not include messages sent from landlines, international mobile numbers and some 'number masking' mobile apps). Prevent ChatHealth from sending messages to you by texting STOP to our number. Messages are charged at your usual rate.
The C-Card Scheme provides free condoms, lube and sexual health information to young people aged 13 – 19* years old.
If you are aged 16-19*, you may register via our online registration form here.
Anyone aged 13-19* may also register at one of the C-Card Registration Points. This takes about 20 minutes. You will need to give your date of birth and the first part of your postcode. This information is confidential and you cannot be traced from it. You will be issued with a credit sized C-Card.
*Up to 25 for inclusion of those with learning disabilities
The C-Card Scheme is confidential, unless the C-Card worker feels you or someone else is at risk or a crime has been committed. If they need to tell someone else they will always tell you first.
There are many venues across Lincolnshire which offer C-Card. Some offer registration and pick up and some offer pick up only.
Find out more information about the C-Card scheme.
North and North East Lincolnshire Sexual Health Clinics
North East Lincolnshire
Stirling Street Medical Centre
Stirling Street Medical Centre, Stirling Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire , DN31 3AE
Free onsite patient car park and road side parking available
North Lincolnshire
The Ironstone Centre
The Ironstone Centre, West Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 6HX
Parking on site and free for two hours, please ensure you still obtain a free ticket from the parking machine for your stay if it’s two hours or less
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.
Urgent symptoms
If you have any of the following urgent symptoms, please call us ASAP:
- Severe stomach pains with heavy bleeding (women only)
- Severe pain in your testicles (men only)
- Very painful blisters
- Very painful ulcers and/or unusual discharge from your genitals.
If you need urgent help during out of hours you can contact 111 or go to 111.nhs.uk
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 called CASA Suite for care and support.
You can call them on 0330 223 0181 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
