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Pitstop Clinic Walk-In Sexual Health Screening for Gay & Bisexual Men & Trans People

Pitstop Clinic operates sexual health screening services for Gay or Bisexual men and Trans people. You can attend our friendly Walk-In service on Wednesday evening from 5pm until 7pm. It is advised that people arrive before 6:45 to optimise their chances of getting seen.

The Clinic operates from 1st Floor, Equitable House, Vincent Road, General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH. 

We regret that we are unable to see patients with symptoms and we do not provide PrEP or PEP onsite. We are also unable to treat contact patients (people who have been advised they have been in contact with a person who has then gone on to test positive for a sexually transmitted infection). We can however offer sexual health screening, onward referral for HPV vaccination and Hepatitis B vaccinations on site at the Pitstop Wednesday clinic. We offer sexual health advice, information on PEP and PrEP and can provide you with free condoms and lube. You do not need to live in the London Borough of Greenwich to attend the clinic. 

Clinic results take five days, and the service user will receive them by text. 

 

 

 

Who to contact

Contact Name
Pitstop Clinic
Contact Position
METRO, Sexual Health Office, Woolwich
Telephone
E-mail
pitstopplus@metrocharity.org.uk
Website
Pitstop Walk-In Clinic
Notes

Pitstop Clinic operates walk-in sexual health screening services on Wednesday evening from 5pm until 7pm and bookable appointments during the working week. Our clinic operates from 1st Floor, Equitable House, Vincent Road, General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6FH. 

Clinic results take 5 working days to process. We can provide instant HIV and Syphilis tests, where our nurse feels this is appropriate. This is relative to your sexual history and the applicable window periods for infection. 

Where to go

Name
METRO Charity
Address
1st Floor, Equitable House
Vincent Street, General Gordon Square
Woolwich
London
Postcode
SE18 6FH
Notes
  • Exit Woolwich Arsenal DLR or Overland Station and either walk across the street into General Gordon Square or leave the station turning left towards General Gordon Square (a very large open space with a massive TV screen on one end). 

  • Walk towards the TV screen at one end of General Gordon Square and take the Entrance into the Woolwich Equitable Building that is marked "Health Centre" that is very close to the TV screen. 

  • Once inside, go left through the glass doors and down some steps towards "Reception" following the signs for "Equitable House Business Centre". If you are coming to METRO during normal office hours 9am - 5:30pm then you will need get directions from reception to take the lift to the first floor or come up the four flights of stairs to the first floor on foot. 

  • If you are visiting us after 5:30pm (e.g. for the Pitstop Clinic) please ring the buzzer with the LED blue button on the right hand side of "Reception" where you will see two big locked doors. We will then come and get you. 

Other Details

Availability

Referral required
No
Referral Details

No referral is needed to attend the clinic. We are open to anyone attending, regardless of where they live. The only stipulation is that you are a Gay or Bisexual Man or a Trans person, that you are not symptomatic or a person looking for medication (having recently been in contact with someone diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection) and that you are not looking for the provision of PEP or PrEP as we cannot provide these to you. We recommend that anyone who is looking for PEP attends A&E within the first 72hours of potential exposure.