Postal STI Testing Over The Festive Period

Postal STI Testing Over The Festive Period

***Important Information about Ordering Postal STI Tests over the Festive Period!*** Please note that our postal testing services are closed to new orders from 19th December 2022 to 3rd January 2023. Kits returned to us for testing during that time will still be processed but may take longer than usual. If you have symptoms and…

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World AIDS Day 2022

World AIDS Day will take place on Thursday 1st of December. See the attached image for details of events which will take place around Tayside. If you are an organisation and you would like to pick up some resources, please email tay.bbvmcn@nhs.scot

Інформація для українців

Статеве та репродуктивне здоров’я Доступ до медичних послуг, включно з видачею рецептів, є безкоштовним у Шотландії, від вас не вимагатимуть за них платити. Для одержання додаткової інформації відвідайте веб-сайт: a-guide-to-nhs-scotland-services-for-displaced-persons-from-ukraine-060422-ukrainian.pdf (nhsinform.scot) Записатися на прийом до спеціаліста зі статевого здоров’я в межах усього Тейсайду можна за телефоном. Якщо Вам потрібен перекладач, повідомте про це працівникам, і…

Why do I have to wait for my vaccination against monkeypox?

A smallpox (MVA) vaccination is being offered to people who are most at risk to help protect them against monkeypox. As monkeypox is caused by a virus similar to smallpox, vaccines against smallpox are expected to prevent or reduce the severity of the monkeypox infection. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended…

Information on Monkeypox vaccine

Vaccination to help protect against monkeypox Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that usually causes a high temperature (fever) and a body rash that lasts a few weeks. It mainly occurs in central and west Africa, but, since May 2022, some cases have been reported in UK, Europe and other international countries. The risk of catching…

What is Monkeypox?

Monkeypox is a rare viral infection. It mainly occurs in central and west Africa. However since May 2022 some cases have been reported in UK, Europe and other international countries.

New National PrEP Resources- updated for 2022

A suite of new and updated HIV PrEP resources have been developed in collaboration with NHS, third sector and academic partners on behalf of the Scottish HIV PrEP National Co-ordination Group. These resources aim to increase awareness of HIV PrEP and support people considering, or prescribed, HIV PrEP and their sexual partners to have the…

Young Men’s Group

An opportunity for boys and young men age 16 to 18 in Dundee. Click here and here for more info.  

Asymptomatic Postal STI Testing

We have teamed up with Terrence Higgins Trust, to supply free STI (sexually transmitted infection) tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea to people aged 16 or over in Tayside. This service is for people who don’t have any symptoms, or for those whose only symptom is a change in vaginal discharge.   Go to www.THT.org.uk/TaysideSTI to…