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DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES OUR WALK IN CLINIC THURSDAY 04/12/2025 WILL BE CLOSED TODAY AND WILL RESUME AS NORMAL ON MONDAY 08/12/2025. ANY EMERGENCIES PLEASE CONTACT 111 OR ATTEND A&E

For patients concerned or worried about MPox, please consider the following information before you attend our sexual health clinic. It is very important if you think you have MPox or have been a sexual contact of someone with MPox, or someone who has returned from Africa within the last 3 weeks that you telephone the clinic before attending for an appointment. If you have visited Africa in the last three weeks please inform staff which countries you have visited so they can

As we are nearing the end of the Mpox vaccination programme, we are seeing an increase in eligible members of the public seeking the opportunity to get a vaccination; possibly due to the summer travel and events season (including Pride). It is a useful time to take the opportunity to get vaccinated before the end of the campaign and to give the best protection to as many people as possible in the event of any summer uptick in cases. To

Sexual Health Services 4 Herefordshire have a limited supply and in line with national guidance, are prioritising those most at risk. People most at risk will be contacted by the clinic to book in for vaccination. Please wait to be invited. We are setting up more clinics in the coming weeks. If you are a contact of monkeypox and have been told by UKHSA that you need a vaccination then please contact the clinic on 01432 483693.

Due to the potential risk of Monkey Pox transmission we are currently suspending any walk-in clinic services. We are continuing to triage and assess patients via telephone triage clinics. If you have symptoms that you think may be Monkey Pox or you have been in contact with someone with a confirmed case of Monkey Pox then please ring 111 or visit Monkeypox – NHS (www.nhs.uk) for further information. Our clinic and reception team may ask you additional questions during your

National HIV Testing Week is a campaign to promote regular testing among the most-affected population groups in England. Regular testing helps to reduce the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV and those diagnosed late. This year, the campaign returns with the successful creative ‘Give HIV the finger: a finger-prick test is all it takes’. The campaign will encourage people to test for HIV at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people diagnosed with HIV is falling, but