ESHS Update, Oct-Dec 2018

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October-December | 2018 lagship sexual health service F opens its doors in Basildon A brand new sexual health clinic is coming to Basildon town centre, offering a range of services previously unavailable in the area. The Essex Sexual Health Service-run clinic has moved into Southgate House, a four-storey office block on the south side of the Town Square – the main shopping area within the pedestrian section of Basildon town centre. Thanks to the new service, local people will no longer have to travel to Orsett, Southend and Chelmsford to access sexual health testing, treatment, contraception, and general sexual health advice, counselling and support. The clinic opened its doors for appointments in June, offering a scaled down service of what will eventually be available, when they have finished recruiting later this year.

Town centre location gets the thumbs up Specialist Nurse and Team Lead, Alpa Day is really excited to be providing this new service in the centre of town. As the Integrated Sexual Health Team Lead for ESHS in this part of the county, she is passionate about delivering safe, effective and easily accessible sexual health services. Alpa says: “In its history, Basildon has never had a fully functioning sexual health service like this – it has had satellite clinics running from different places, providing a limited amount of services. “So we are really excited to be opening a clinic, just steps away from the shops. The great feature of this is that it is absolutely bang-central for people.” David Burton-Sampson, councillor for St Martin’s ward (which includes Basildon town centre and the area surrounding it), is equally delighted with the new clinic. David said: “Services such as this are so important. To have a facility like this in the town centre is a huge bonus. It’s not just about the medical interventions which will be on offer, which are essential, but also the advice and the support services that are available at the clinic.

“It is great to have a town centre clinic where the local population, particularly young people and other vulnerable groups, can go for sexual health advice, counselling and support. To have those services right in the heart of Basildon is absolutely fantastic. Senior Nurses Samuel Hand and Alpa Day

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“To me, this whole clinic is massively welcome. And I am really pleased it is there and available for the people of Basildon.”

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