Download Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust

‘Check 4 Chlamydia’
The ‘Check 4 Chlamydia’ initiative will run from two Newport clinics,
Bettws clinic on Tuesdays, and Alway clinic on Fridays, starting from 10th
September 2006.
This nurse led initiative will for the first time offer testing and treatment
for Chlamydia in the community for males and females. Partners will also
be notified and offered treatment either at their GPs or at one of the C4C
clinics.
Nurses Christine Redman and Christine Saunders will co-ordinate the
initiative from their base at the GUM clinic in Newport.
Chlamydia is responsible for the vast burden of sexually transmitted
disease today. The consequences of Chlamydia infection can be severe,
causing ectopic pregnancy (a cause of maternal death in many countries
in the first trimester of pregnancy),
Chlamydia has been attributed to 40% of all ectopic pregnancies and is
also a major cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain.
For information and clinic times, please contact:
Danielle Hyden on (01633) 623716
For further advice please contact:
Christine Saunders 07786 171319
Christine Redman 07786 171329
Note
Check 4 Chlamydia is a new community sexual health initiative for the
population of Newport. It is provided between the Directorate of Sexual
and Reproductive Health in partnership with Newport Local Health Board.
Please scroll down for more information.
Are you under 25?
Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust in partnership with Newport Local Health Board
Chlamydia – you may not know you have it!
If you are under the age of 25 and are sexually active, there is a
one in ten chance that you have chlamydia.
What is chlamydia?
 It is a genital infection which can be passed on during sex,
including oral sex.
 It is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the
UK and can affect both men and women.
 It often shows no symptoms, so you could be in contact with
chlamydia without realising it.
 Without proper treatment, chlamydia can spread to other parts of
the body, causing damage and serious long-term complications
such as infertility.
Why is it important to be checked.
 Most people have no signs or symptoms and won’t know they’ve
got it.
 However, one in 10 sexually active young people have chlamydia.
 It is easily and completely cured with antibiotics.
How do I get tested?
 Boys you don’t need to have an examination.
 Girls will need a simple test which will be performed by a nurse.
 You will be asked to complete a simple form and provide a
sample (don’t worry – no needles!).
How do I get the results?
 The result will be available within 2 weeks.
 If the result is negative, you will not hear from us (no news is
good news).
 If the result is positive, we can contact you by phone, letter or
text – whatever you prefer.
 All contact with you will be totally confidential.
What if I need treatment?
 Treatment is easy and free of charge!
 You will be given antibiotics.
 It is important that you don’t have sex for 7 days (even with a
condom) and that your current and recent partners also get
tested and treated.
 If you are taking the contraceptive pill, please tell the doctor or
nurse as antibiotics may make your pill less effective.
What do I do now?
If you would like to take a test, look out for the posters advertising
the centres providing testing.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to call us on the
following number:
Tel: (01633) 234555
The test & results are completely confidential
Available at the following sites:
Bettws Clinic
TUESDAYS
Monnow Way
Newport
NP20 7TD
9.00 am – 12.00 pm
1.30 – 5.00 pm
Alway Clinic
FRIDAYS
Aberthaw Road
Newport
NP19 9QQ
9.00 am – 12.00 pm
1.30 – 5.00 pm