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STI Spotlight: Chlamydia – what you need to know about chlamydia

As part of our series spotlighting STI’s, this month we’re looking at chlamydia. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are an infection that can be passed on between sexual partners during unprotected

Provide boosts sexual health service access with digital innovation

Already utilising the Inform Sexual Health electronic patient record (EPR) application in clinics, Provide can now offer patients of Essex Sexual Health Service and Thurrock Sexual Health Service the ability

Important Contraception News Update

Good news ladies, if you currently have a Mirena®, Benilexa® or Levosert®  hormonal coil in you can now safely rely on it as effective contraception method for up to 8 years.

Innovative vending machine launched to distribute free condoms at the University of Essex

Essex Sexual Health Service is trialling a vending machine which will dispense free condoms to 16 to 24-year-olds. The vending machine has initially been launched in the University of Essex,

New portal makes accessing sexual health services even easier in Essex

Essex Sexual Health Service have launched a new online system which makes it simpler for people across the county to access NHS sexual health services. The new Personal Health Record

Provide CIC win new seven-year contract to deliver sexual health services across Essex

The providers of NHS-funded sexual health services across Essex have been awarded a new contract for at least another seven years. Following an open tender process, Essex County Council have

Did you know that the emergency contraception pill (effective for up to 5 days as emergency contraception) is now available for FREE at most pharmacies across England from October 2025?

Please click here to find your nearest pharmacy.

It is advised that you call the pharmacy ahead of attending to check that there is a prescribing pharmacist on site that day.

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