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25/3/25 - Urgent temporary changes to appointment making process, please read

Due to staffing constraints, new appointments for the following services can only be booked online for the remainder of this week:

  • PrEP 
  • Contraceptive Implants
  • Contraceptive Coils
  • STI No Symptoms
  • Young People Clinic

If our booking portal is showing no appointments available in your area then unfortunately our appointments are fully booked. Please do not call us as we do not have access to any additional appointments. If this is the case, please check for appointments becoming available later in the week.

Our switchboard remains open only for those with symptoms or those seeking support for unintended pregnancy.

We thank you for your patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Appointments booked online can also be cancelled and amended via the same booking portal.

 

Gonorrhoea (4CMenB)

Gonorrhoea 4CMenB vaccine

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) that we call gonorrhoea. Find out more at Gonorrhoea | NHS inform

The vaccine

The 4CMenB vaccine (usually used for preventing meningococcal infection) has been shown to be around 32-42% effective at protection against gonorrhoea.

On 10th November 2023 the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that the 4CMenB vaccine be offered to certain patient groups that would benefit most.

The vaccine is being used for an indication (clinical reason) that it was not originally designed for. This is called off-label use.

Free Condoms still offer the best protection against gonorrhoea and other STIs.

Who will be offered the vaccine?

The JCVI have determined that those at high risk of gonorrhoea acquisition should be offered the vaccine. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Some Gay and Bisexual Men who have Sex with Men (GBMSM)
  • Those with recent gonorrhoea infection or other bacterial STI
  • Those with multiple partners or other risk factors

When will patients get the vaccine?

A process will now follow to decide how vaccines will be rolled out across Scotland. We hope to have more information soon and it will be publicised here as it emerges.

Further information on the 4CMenB vaccine