Pitstop Clinic

Face to face services for testing, advice and signposting

Welcome to Pitstop Clinic

*** Please Note that ***

THE PITSTOP CLINIC HAS NOW CLOSED INDEFINITELY WITH NO PLANS TO RE-OPEN
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We apologise to our community for the short notice given, we direct you to Market Street Health Centre as the nearest local NHS provider.

Do you have Symptoms?

We are an asymptomatic clinic! If you have symptoms of a sexual infection, it's best for you to go to a GUM clinic to be tested as they can also offer you treatment. If you are unsure about how to contact a clinic in relation to your symptoms, please contact our sexual health phoneline at 020 8305 5005 for advice and signposting.

Please do not attend the Pitstop Clinic if you are experiencing symptoms (or a confirmed diagnosis) of Mpox or COVID. If you believe you may have Mpox please contact your local GUM clinic or you can contact us by email ([email protected]) or phone (020 8305 5005) for advice, signposting, and information. More guidance about the signs and symptoms of Mpox can be found here

Urgent Needs

We are unable to provide you with PEP or PrEP at the Pitstop Clinic. If you need get PEP, you're strongly advised to go to A&E or contact a local GUM clinic and check they have this medication before attending.

PEP needs to be taken within 72-hours of possible HIV infection. It's best if you begin taking it within 24-hours. For more information on where to obtain these medicines, visit our HIV Prevention web page.

Please check our Clinic Closures page before you travel to Pitstop Clinic.

Related Links

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 sexual health advisor 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.

Pitstop Clinic

Face to face services for testing, advice and signposting

Welcome to Pitstop Clinic

Do you have Symptoms?

Urgent Needs

Related Links

Pitstop Clinic

Free Condoms

Order STI Kits

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.

A quarter of penises are slightly
bent when erect