Order a free home screening kit

We are a small team and we may not always be able to answer the phone line straight away, if you are having trouble getting through, please try again later  or you can email sft.sexualhealthscreening@nhs.net with your name, contact number and your SH patient number or PX/SK code

Our phone line is open:

Monday 9.30am-12.30pm*

Tuesday 12.30pm-5.00pm*

Thursday 12.30pm-5pm*

*The phone line may occasionally be closed during these times for training

You can order a free home screening kit if you are 16 years old or over and have a Wiltshire postcode. This service is available to people without any symptoms and is a reliable and convenient way of testing without having to attend a clinic.

You can order one of these tests every 3 months. If you require one more frequently than this, you will need to discuss it with Salisbury Sexual Health. If you do NOT have a Wiltshire postcode, you will need to contact your local county Sexual Health Service via their website, please click on the counties below;

Hampshire

Dorset

Somerset

Gloucester

Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucester

The home screening kits will be sent to you in blank packaging with no reference to sexual health screening.

If you have symptoms, we would prefer to see you at a sexual health clinic as more tests and treatments are available.

The home screening kits test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea either via a vaginal swab or a urine sample and for HIV and Syphilis via a blood sample. You may also be tested for Hepatitis B if you are high risk from your answers to the questions to request a home screening kit.

On occasions, you may also be asked to complete a throat or rectal swab for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea.

If you have any difficulties, please click here for more information on how to complete the samples.

There can sometimes be a delay before a test becomes positive after you have had sex. This is often referred to as the ‘window period’.

Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea – the window period is 2 weeks

HIV – the window period is 4 weeks

Syphilis – the window period is 12 weeks

If you live in Wiltshire and you are having difficulties in ordering a home screening kit, please call us on 01722 425120.