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Testing in the Midlands

If you’re going to attend one of our events in the Midlands, here’s some STI clinics and providers who’s proof we will accept

Free/NHS services & kits

  • Umbrella Health
    • In-person clinic (link here). Many clinics in the Birmingham area
    • FREE Home Tests available (link here). Looks like they might be only if you live in Birmingham or Solihull
  • SH:24
    • FREE home test kits (link here). They only cover certain areas, so please check using their postcode checker. Also, they do have limited stocks available so you might need to try again a few days later.
  • WiSH (Walsall)
    • FREE home test kits (link here). They appear to only send out 2 kits within a 6 month period, so we recommend using these as a backstop to SH24, if they have a shortage
  • Sandwell Sexual Health
    • In-person clinic (link here). Lyng Centre for Health and Social Care, Frank Fisher Way, West Bromwich, B70 7AW
    • FREE NHS home test kits (link here)
  • FreeTest.me
    • Offer *some* free home test kits, depending on your area. (link here). All you can do is pop your postcode in and see if they cover your area. If not, you’ll likely get pointed towards the commercial test.me service listed below (which is very cost-effective anyway!). Service run by Preventex 
  • SH:UK
    • Essentially the same service as above. (link here). Service run by Preventex 

Commercial/Private services & kits

  • Test.me
    • Home test kits (link here). Basic test £26, Full test £45
  • Lloyds Pharmacy
    • Home test kits (link here). Basic test £28, Full test £60
  • Boots Online
    • Home test kits (link here). Tests from £45. Separate HIV tests extra, which is disappointing and makes this a more expensive option. Nevertheless, a good service and quick turnaround as you’d expect from Boots.
  • Randox Health
    • Very comprehensive private home test kits (link here). £95 but offers 10 STI tests. very comprehensive.
  • SuperDrug
    • Wide variety of home test kits (link here). Similar to Boots, in that basic Chlamydia & Ghonnoreah tests are £42, with the HIV test and additional £39.

 

If you have any more services you’d like us to add here, please email us and let us know.

Lastly, you might find you’ll need to cycle providers a little to get a clean test every month. Lloyds for instance, wont test someone again within a 6 week period, and WISH only offer 2 kits per 6-month period.

For myself personally, I tend to interleave getting a test from SH24, and then a paid one from Lloyds, then back to SH24 for the next one.