Sexual Health Services: CNWL

BarnetCamdenHaringeyIslington
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Offers free and confidential sexual health advice, testing, treatment, and contraception services.

A limited urgent service is available during clinic opening hours for individuals requesting emergency contraception or post-exposure prophylaxis, and for all under 18-year-olds.

Walk-in service is available for patients with genital ulcers, sores and blisters, pregnant patients with symptoms, patients with testicular pain, women with new (in the last two weeks) pelvic pain.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Patients can self-refer to CNWL Sexual Health for any of the following:

  • need short-term, long-term, repeat and emergency contraception
  • have sexual health symptoms or concerns
  • would like to start or continue PrEP
  • at-risk groups requiring vaccination, including the gonorrhoea vaccine
  • have been sexually exposed to HIV
  • require STI (including HIV) testing and treatment.

How to Refer

Monday to Friday, 1-2pm

020 3317 5252

CNWL Sexual Health Service

cnw-tr.sexualhealthreferrals.cnwl@nhs.net

Complex Sexual and Reproductive Health Referral Clinics

The complex sexual and reproductive health referral clinics are commissioned to see women with:

  • complex contraception problems (such as complex coexistent medical conditions)
  • difficult IUD and IUS fittings for contraception
  • suspected malposition of an IUD or IUS being used for contraception, including non-visible IUD/IUS threads for assessment or removal
  • deep, broken or bent sub-dermal contraceptive implants for removal or assessment
  • complications of methods of contraception.

A pelvic ultrasound can also be performed in these clinics, there is no need to separately arrange this.

Please note: CNWL is not commissioned to provide Mirena intrauterine devices for non-contraceptive reasons (such as HRT).

Complex Genito-Urinary Medicine Referral Clinics

The complex genito-urinary medicine referral clinics are commissioned to see the following:

  • recurrent/persistent urethritis
  • recurrent vaginal infections (such as BV/Candida)
  • recalcitrant HPV
  • recurrent HSV
  • complicated genital infections (such as tropical ulcer)
  • pregnant women with STIs (such as syphilis, HSV).

GPs can refer directly to these clinics by email.

Self-referral

https://www.sexualhealth.cnwl.nhs.uk

Self-referral for a range of appointments can be made online through the CNWL website. SHS online patient pathways direct patients to the correct appointment type for them. Alternatively patients can request contraception (such as the pill, patch or vaginal ring) online via the Sexual Health London (SHL) website.

Patients can self-book an appointment to start or continue PrEP. 

If patients are having difficulties booking a PrEP appointment, they can email with their name and a phone number, and a member of staff will get back to them:
e: cnwl.prepuserfeedback@nhs.net

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Review date: Saturday, 01 August 2026