Young People Clinics

NHS Lanarkshire provides clinics across North and South Lanarkshire for young people up to the age of 20 years. They are provided in both health centres and non-health settings. The staff are specially trained and are used to seeing young people.

• YP (Young People’s) Clinics:
  Staff – sexual health nurses.
  Services – testing (STI/BBV), condoms, pregnancy testing, and some forms of contraception.
• YP+ (Young People’s Plus) Clinics:
  Staff – sexual health nurses and doctors.
  Services – testing (STI/BBV), STI treatment, PrEP available, condoms, pregnancy testing, and all forms of contraception.

Walk-in clinics (no booking required):

• Airdrie (Community Health Centre and the At Home Centre)
• Coatbridge Health Centre
• East Kilbride (Hunter HC)
• Hamilton (Douglas St CHC)
• Motherwell HC

Appointment-only/bookable clinics:

• Cambuslang Clinic
• Chryston CHC
• Cumbernauld (Central HC)
• Lanark HC*
• Viewpark HC
• Wishaw (Houldsworth Centre)

Days/times of clinics: YP clinics (Services).

*Lanark HC clinic will be a mixture of booked appointments and walk-in.

YP appointments

Bookable online (from 3 days in advance) for the following…

30 min appointments:

• PrEP
• Contraception Coil Insertion
• Contraception Implant
• Contraception Discussion

20 min appointments:

• Contraception Coil Removal
• Contraceptive Pills
• Contraceptive Patch
• Pregnancy Testing
• STI  Screening (testing)
• Wart Treatment
• HSV Treatment

Confidentiality

All services are confidential, so parents or carers won’t be informed if you attend, however, if a young person under 16 years old shares some information which places them or someone else in danger, staff may have to share the information disclosed with other agencies.