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Festive Opening Hours

Please note we will not be open during the public holidays, 25 & 26 Dec and 1 & 2 Jan.

On 24 & 31 Dec we will close early, with last appointments at 3pm and buildings across our sites closed at 4pm. 

Due to staffing, we are unable to provide at home postal STI kits during this time. You can still book a regular STI testing appointment here.

Vulnerable Adults Inclusion & Outreach

Support for Vulnerable Adults who Need Extra Support with Relationships and Sexual Health (R&SH)

The Sandyford Inclusion & Outreach Team offers support to priority groups who may need extra support accessing sexual health services.

Key groups who may need extra support include:

Inclusion & Outreach Team Referral Pathway

Relationships and Sexual Health (R&SH) is a wide agenda. Some Vulnerable Adult Clients are best seen by a local pharmacist or GP. Some will need to see specialist sexual health clinicians. Others may need a resource to view to update their knowledge. R&SH work can also include building staff capacity within your organisation.

Following the referral pathway will ensure your clients receive the most appropriate support in a timely manner.

If your client does not fall into one of these groups or is able to make their own appointment they should be directed to www.sandyford.scot

 

To access the best placed team for your Vulnerable Adult Clients please follow the guidance below.

Or download the full briefing in PDF format below:

For non-clinical issues:

→ Contact the Sexual Health Improvement Team

The Sandyford Sexual Health Improvement team can offer support to organisations (not individual patients) with non-clinical issues such as: 

  • Building capacity of staff (developing knowledge and confidence of staff to discuss sexual health)
  • Sign posting to resources on Relationships and Sexual Health (R&SH)
  • Supplying condoms via the Free Condoms Service

For clinical issues:

→ Conditions for local pharmacist or GP

Conditions that the local pharmacy can help with in the first instance:

 

Conditions that should be referred to the GP in the first instance:

  • Routine contraception (pills and jag)
  • Genital warts
  • Breast problems
  • Fertility
  • Ultra sound scanning
  • Circumcision/urethral strictures
  • Urinary and bowel problems
  • Genital symptoms – present for over 6 months
  • Physical trauma related to sexual assault or FGM
  • Diagnosis of FGM/Confirmation of FGM
  • Erectile dysfunction

→ Conditions best seen by Inclusion & Outreach team

Any adult over 18 with an ongoing Sexual or Reproductive Health need who falls into one of the Key Support Groups noted at the top of this page can be referred to the Sandyford Inclusion & Outreach Team:

  • Symptoms suggestive of an STI and present for less than 6 months (vaginal, penile or rectal discharge, pelvic or testicular pain)
  • STI testing – for example chlamydia and gonorrhoea
  • Implant and coil fittings

 

The Inclusion & Outreach team provide sexual health-related clinical care from Sandyford Central and Hunter Street as well as various Outreach locations.

These services are available to anyone who requires extra support to be able to access specialised clinical care within Sexual Health services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. We aim to support patients to be able to easily make appointments.

 

Please note:

We are developing a new online referral form, which will be available soon. In the meantime, you can download the form below and return it to: ggc.sandyfordmedicalsecretary@ggc.scot.nhs.uk