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• Lanark Health Centre (including Young People (YP) clinc) – CLOSED
• Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge – CLOSED

Wednesday 17th December: 

• Douglas Street Community Health Clinic, Hamilton (including Young People (YP) clinic) – CLOSED

• Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge – CLOSED (pm)

• Lanark Health Centre (including Young People (YP) clinic) – CLOSED
• Cambuslang Clinic (including Young People (YP) clinic) – CLOSED

Tuesday 23rd December:

• Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge – CLOSED

• Viewpark Health Centre – CLOSED
• View park Health Centre – Young People (YP) clinic – CLOSED
• Douglas Street Community Health Clinic, Hamilton (including Young People (YP) clinic) – CLOSED
• Hunter Community Health Centre, East Kilbride  – CLOSED FROM 4PM
• Houldsworth Centre, Wishaw – CLOSED FROM 4PM
• Houldsworth Centre, Wishaw – Young People (YP) Clinic  – CLOSED

• Lanark Health Centre (including Young People (YP) clinic) – CLOSED
• Cambuslang Clinic (including Young People (YP) clinic) – CLOSED

• Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge – CLOSED

• Douglas Street Community Health Clinic, Hamilton – Young People (YP) clinic – CLOSED
• Douglas Street Community Health Clinic, Hamilton – CLOSED FROM 4PM
• Houldsworth Centre, Wishaw – CLOSED FROM 4PM
• Houldsworth Centre, Wishaw – Young People (YP) clinic – CLOSED
• Viewpark Health Centre –  CLOSED FROM 4PM
• View park Health Centre – Young People (YP) clinic – CLOSED

NHS Lanarkshire Condoms by Post service will close over the festive period from week beginning Monday 15th December 2025 and will re-start on Monday 5th January 2026. No orders will be posted out after Wednesday 17th December 2025. Please place any orders before this date.

Within the period this service is closed you can still access free condoms at a C Card Centre within their opening hours.

Have a Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year!

Testing Week & World AIDS Day 2025

European HIV and Hepatitis testing week will be celebrated this year between the 17^th and 24^th of November 2025. It leads up to World AIDS Day, which is always held on the 1^st of December; this year on Monday 1^st December 2025. [Read more…] about Testing Week & World AIDS Day 2025

The Fiz Clinic at the At Home Centre, Airdrie is closing.

The final clinic will be held on Tuesday 9th December 2025 6pm – 8pm (walk-in, no appointment needed). YP – ages 20 and under only. Registration closes at 7:30pm.

The YP Plus clinic will continue to run on a Thursday 4-6pm at Airdrie Community Health Centre (walk-in, no appointment needed).

After consulting with Young People in Lanarkshire, we are making some changes to our Young Persons Clinics.

Starting from the week of 6 October 2025, the following clinics will change from walk-in to appointment-only/bookable clinics:

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

The rest will remain 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

For days/times of clinics – see: YP clinics (Services).

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

The clinics held on a Monday at Central Health Centre, Cumbernauld will end after 8th Sept.

Revised clinic opening times (from 15 September 2025):

• Young People Plus clinic – Friday: 1 to 2pm (walk in, no appointment needed).
  Young People aged 20 and under. Registration starts from 12:45pm.
• Sexual Health clinic – Friday: 9am to 4pm (appointment only).

A vaccination to help protect against gonorrhoea is now available in Scotland.

In Lanarkshire, vaccine clinics will be on:

• Saturday 6 September, 2025 at Glenalmond Clinic, Coathill Hospital, Coatbridge, ML5 4DN and
• Sunday 7 September, 2025 at Eddlewood Community Hall, Birkhill Road (by Strathaven Rd), Hamilton, ML3 8BG.

Mpox vaccines will also be available at these clinics. Patients who are eligible will be sent an SMS with a passcode inviting them to book an appointment online.

Further information on the Gonorrhoea vaccine can be found on NHS Inform via this link:
Vaccination to help protect against gonorrhoea (NHS Inform)

European HIV and Hepatitis testing week will be celebrated this year between the 18^th and 25^th of November 2024. It leads up to World AIDS Day, which is always held on the 1^st of December; this year on Sunday 1^st December 2024.

By raising awareness about the benefits of testing for HIV and hepatitis, more people become knowledgeable about their risks, understand that there is effective treatment available and are aware of their HIV and/or hepatitis status. It’s better to know your status as soon as possible because today people living with HIV and/or hepatitis B can live well with a long-life expectancy. When treatment starts early; and those with hepatitis C can be cured.

Testing week offers NHS Lanarkshire and partners the opportunity to work together and raise awareness about the benefits of, and accessibility of testing. In hopes that more people are informed about maximising positive sexual health and to understand that effective treatment is available and where to access this.

Testing is offered by NHS Lanarkshire across a number of sexual health clinics throughout Lanarkshire. You can also order home self-sampling kit’s, which are bookable online via the Lanarkshire Sexual health website. These are free, confidential and easy to use. If you are eligible you can also order a free HIV self test online through Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). You can also seek testing for HIV through your GP.

The most recent report from Health Protection Scotland (HPS) shows that up until 31 December 2023, a total of 6761 people were recorded as being diagnosed and living with HIV in Scotland. It is estimated that there are around 500 people living in Scotland who have HIV but have not been diagnosed, making testing very important.

In 2023, 385 new HIV-positive results were recorded in Scotland and of these, 126 were first ever diagnoses and 259 had been previously diagnosed elsewhere but were newly reported in Scotland during this period. Of the 126 first ever new diagnoses recorded 62 (49%) were heterosexually acquired and therefore the largest proportion. 34 (27%) were among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Among people who inject drugs, first ever diagnoses remains relatively low compared to other groups at risk.

HIV overall continues to disproportionately affect men who have sex with men, as well as individuals of black African ethnicity. However, HIV can affect anyone and there are still people who have HIV but don’t know it – making access to and availability of testing vital.

The red ribbon is the international symbol of HIV awareness, support for people living with HIV and the acknowledgement of so many lives lost over the last 50 years. It is a simple and powerful way to challenge stigma and prejudice around HIV and also shows support for people living with HIV. HIV positive individuals who are on effective treatment can become undetectable, meaning HIV cannot be transmitted to another person through sex. The message U = U (Undetectable = Untransmittable) demonstrates the huge steps forward in treatment.

World AIDS Day is an opportunity for us to raise awareness with both staff and members of the public about HIV and AIDS and directly challenge and address associated stigma. It exists to shine a light on the real experiences of people living with HIV today, while celebrating the strength, resilience and diversity of the communities most affected. It is a moment to inspire the leadership needed to create a future where HIV doesn’t stand in the way of anyone’s life. One way to do this is to watch and share the national campaign, developed by THT, focussing on the key message “stigma is more harmful than HIV”.

This World AIDS Day, the theme focuses on: Take the rights path. With human rights at the centre, with communities in the lead, the world can end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

As we remember those we’ve lost to HIV, join with our community to promise, pledge and take a stand against stigma for people living with HIV – because it’s more than a ribbon, World AIDS Day | Terrence Higgins Trust

Show your support for World AIDS Day – wear a red ribbon.