Sexual health services

The priority populations for NSW Public Sexual Health Services are men who have sex with men, people living with HIV/AIDS, Aboriginal people, sex workers and injecting drug users. Emphasis is also given to supporting General Practitioners to provide sexual health care to the general community.

Clinical sexual health services for the population of Sydney South West Area Health Service are provided at three locations: Bigge Park Sexual Health Clinic at Liverpool, Campbelltown Sexual Health Clinic and RPA Sexual Health Clinic at Camperdown. Clinical services are free, confidential and no Medicare card is required.

Core services provided by these clinics are sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and management, HIV management, Hepatitis A & B vaccination and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, as well as consultancy for health care workers. Also provided are several specialised clinics, including men-only clinics and sex worker clinics at RPA and Bigge Park Sexual Health Clinics. Specialist sexual health counsellors are available at all sites. Both Bigge Park and RPA Sexual Health Clinics also operate as a secondary needle and syringe program outlet, providing safe injecting equipment, information, referral, resources and safe disposal of used equipment. Sexual health service staff actively participate in clinical research and undergraduate & postgraduate teaching.

The programs delivered by the HARP Health Promotion Team are an essential part of the NSW population based response to current STI, HIV and Hepatitis C epidemiology and include professional education and training, resource and policy development, community awareness campaigns, outreach education and facilitating access to services for their priority population groups. Programs are provided in partnership with relevant services such as sexual health clinical services, drug and alcohol services, youth services, Aboriginal Community controlled health services and NGOs. Specific health promotion project portfolios include Aboriginal women, Aboriginal men, gay and other homosexually active men, past and current injecting drug users, people living with Hepatitis C, sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS.

CENTRE	ADDRESS	PHONE	ELIGIBILITY	REFERRAL PROCESS
RPA Sexual Health Clinic	Building 21, RPA Hospital, 25 Lucas Street, Camperdown NSW 2050	9515 3131	All clients triaged by a registered nurse- and low risk clients referred to GPs	Call the centre during opening hours.
HARP Health Promotion Team	Level 9, King George V Building, Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050	9515 5298	Not a clinical service	Not a clinical service
Bigge Park Sexual Health Clinic	Cnr Elizabeth & Bigge St Liverpool NSW 2170	9827 8022	All clients triaged by a registered nurse - and low risk clients referred to GPs	Call the centre during opening hours
Campbelltown Sexual Health Clinic	Suite 11(Level 1), 261 Queen St Campbelltown NSW 2560	9827 8022 or 4628 5878	All clients triaged by a registered nurse- and low risk clients referred to GPs	Call the centre during opening hours
HARP Health Promotion Team	Hugh Jardine Building, Population Health, Liverpool Hospital Liverpool NSW 2170	9828 5951	Not a clinical service	Not a clinical service

Mon     8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Tues    8:45 am - 7:30 pm
Wed    1:00 pm - 4.45 pm
Thurs   8:45 am - 4.45 pm
Friday 8:45 am - 4:45 pm

Mon     8:30 am - 4:45 pm
Tues    8.30 am - 4:45 pm
Wed    8:30 am - 4:45 pm
Thurs 8:30 am - 6:45 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Campbelltown Sexual Health Clinic
Mon     8:45 am - 4:45 pm
Tues    8.45 am - 4:45 pm
Wed    8:45 am - 4:45 pm

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES