You can attend your own GP surgery for sexual health advice & treatment.  Most surgeries will see a young person under the age of 16 Confidentially, without a parent or carer present, although some may not.  You can ring the GP surgery and ask if they see under 16’s before you go without telling the receptionist what it is for, or who you are.

The focus of Sexual Health work at a GP surgery will be to prescribe hormonal contraceptives such as The Pill and Emergency Hormonal Contraception (The Emergency Pill), pregnancy testing, refer on for termination (abortion), some testing/treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI's) and sometimes referral onto another service, such as GUM for further testing/treatment of STI's.  

Not all surgeries will provide condoms, or provide contraceptives such as the Contraceptive Implant (that goes in your arm) or the Contraceptive Injection (sometimes called 'Depo').

If you need Emergency Contraception you can ask for a same day ‘emergency’ appointment at your GP, without having to explain what it is for.  You simply need to tell the receptionist that it is an Emergency and you need to see a Doctor that day !  If the Receptionist asks you what it is for, just repeat that it is an emergency, and you need to see a Doctor that day.

Some GP surgeries offer Young People’s Clinics which are staffed by a Nurse/GP, are usually run as ‘drop-ins’, and can usually be attended by young people who are not registered with that GP.