Organisations across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are working together to improve COVID-19 testing for health and care staff, so more can get back to work helping local people in vital frontline health and care roles.
Led by the Peninsula Pathology Network, they have agreed a shared approach using a combination of locally and nationally run testing sites (as below), which...
To mark the start of HIV Testing Week local MP has been filmed having a real HIV test to show people how simple HIV testing is.
National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) started on 18 November 2017. The purpose of the week is to promote regular testing among the most affected population groups and to reduce the rates of undiagnosed people and those diagnosed late. Last year hundreds of clinics...
Staff at Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust's Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic will be supporting National HIV Testing Week next week, by holding drop in clinics between 08.00 and 16.00, from Monday 23 to Friday 27 November, which will offer members of the public a free HIV test, which produces results within 20 minutes.
National HIV Testing Week raises awareness of the importance of HIV...
Sexual health doctors in Plymouth have been successful in securing more than £21,000 to launch a brand new service for home HIV testing.
Dr Rachel Challenor and Dr Zoe Warwick, Consultants in Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM), will use the money from NHS England’s Regional Innovation Fund, to run a trial over one to two years from the GU clinic at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital. This is the...
The Rees and Morley Youth Centres are holding Chlamydia Awareness Weeks during the Easter Holidays for young people in Plympton and Plymstock.
Youth workers will be using a mixture of quizzes and games to encourage young people to learn more about chlamydia and how to get tested. Free socks and pants will be available, courtesy of Plymouth Community Healthcare's Health Improvement Team...
