Did you know that Western Vale Family Practice offer lots of different forms of contraception advice and services other than the pill?

Please make an appointment with a member of the Nursing Team see Contact Us

The Department of Sexual Health is based at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI) See Sexual Health - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (nhs.wales) 

All of their clinics are confidential. They provide a full sexual health and contraceptive service. Which includes:

• All forms of contraception, including:
  • Combined Contraceptive Pill, and Progestogen-Only Pill,
  • Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill) (after unprotected sex)
  • IUD, and IUS ("Coil") insertions
  • Implant insertions
  • Contraceptive injection (Depo Provera or Sayana Press)
  • Male, female, and oral condoms
• Pregnancy testing, including advice on unplanned pregnancies and referral to the Pregnancy Advisory Service if required
• Testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) including HIV
• Informing those who may have been in sexual contact with a STI
• Advice and testing for the LGBTQ+ community
• Testing, advice, and treatment for sexually active people aged 18 and under
• Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV (to stop people catching HIV after a high risk exposure)
• Pre Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) (to prevent people catching HIV before they have sex)
• Outpatient clinical services for HIV treatment and care

If you want an STI screen, but have no symptoms, please follow this link to the Public Health Wales Test and Post Service. You can apply for a postal kit to be sent to your home address. If you test positive, you will receive a text message and we will contact you to arrange treatment.

• To promote, encourage and improve the study and practice of diagnosing, treating and managing sexually transmitted infections, HIV and other sexual health problems
• To innovate and deliver excellent tailored education and training to health care professionals, trainers and trainees in the UK
• To determine, monitor and maintain standards of governance in the provision of sexual health and HIV care
• To advance public health in relation to sexually transmitted infections, HIV and other sexual health problems
• To champion and promote good sexual health and provide education to the public

Please click here to view a collective Vision Statement from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the British HIV Association (BHIVA), on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and health inequalities in sexual health.

Public and Patient Information | British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (bashh.org)

They are a sexual health charity. They give straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.

Telephone: 0300 1237123

Website: www.fpa.org.uk