Health & Wellbeing

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Welcome to Health & Wellbeing

There are a range of different health services provided by METRO and other organisations specifically designed for men who have sex with men. The health and wellbeing section will give you the details of these services which may be of interest to you. It also can provide you with advice and support on some more sensitive issues.

Some services will allow you to self refer - just fill in the form at the end of the service page and one of our staff will contact you to discuss the next steps if you are interested.

"Thank goodness for METRO Counsellors. The service really helped me work through a difficult period in my life. My counsellor was very understanding and helped me to sort through my thoughts and feelings."
METRO Counselling Service User

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We offer tailored services for men who have sex with men. Whatever you need to look after your sexual health, you're sure to find it here.

Pitstop Clinic

Pitstop Clinic is a dedicated clinic for Gay & Bisexual Men, Trans people and Lesbian women, who don't have symptoms and would like to test for a range of STI's. This is a face-to-face testing service, with LGBT staff, that runs out of our Woolwich offices and we have a nurse-led clinic once a week on a Wednesday evening. These services are open to you, regardless of where you live.

Free Condoms

If you are a Greenwich resident you can order free condoms to get delivered to your door. As many as 2 packs per month. You can even set up a repeat order to have them delivered every month.

Order STI Kits

If you live in Greenwich you can order a home STI testing kit to be delivered to your door completely free of charge. Simply take your tests and post it back to us and we will text you your results.

103,700

There are an estimated 103,700 people living with HIV in the UK.

A quarter of penises are slightly
bent when erect

It is estimated that 1 in 20 gay/bi men in the UK has HIV, increasing to 1 in 11 in London

15,875GB

A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information, one ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875GB, equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops.

In 2014, 40% of adults newly diagnosed HIV positive, were diagnosed late, after they should have started treatment.

200cals

You burn about 200 calories during 30 minutes of active sex.

18,000

Approximately 18,100 (17%) people living with HIV in the UK are unaware of their HIV infection and have not yet been diagnosed

28MPH

A man ejaculates at an average speed of 28 MPH

Despite representing less than an estimated 2% of the London adult population, gay and bisexual men constituted 24% of all London residents diagnosed with a new sexually transmitted infection in 2013.