Sandyford Central (Sandyford Sexual Health Service)

Public sexual health clinic · Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Can I go now?

Appointment needed

From clinic website· 19 Sep 2026

With symptoms or for PEP, phone 0141 211 8130 (Mon-Thu 8:45-16:00, Fri 8:45-14:45, closed 12:15-13:00). Without symptoms, book through the NHS online booking portal linked from the clinic's site. Phone and online use the same appointment pool, so if nothing shows online the clinic is full.

Can a visitor use it?

Check with the clinic before you go — The STI testing page states no residency rule, but the PEP and PrEP pages describe those services as for people living in the health board area. Scottish guidance exempts treatment at sexual health clinics from overseas-visitor charges (see the city notes).

What will it cost?

Free for everyone, including visitors

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About

Glasgow's main NHS sexual health clinic says all its services are free, sees people with symptoms by phone booking, offers same-day PEP appointments and runs services for gay and bisexual men.

Also serves: Gay, bi & other men who have sex with men

From clinic website· 19 Sep 2026

Services

HIV lab test — Yes

Blood draw; result in days; picks up recent infection sooner than rapid tests.

Blood test, as part of the standard check.

Full STI check — Yes

Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis (usually with HIV) in one visit.

Gonorrhoea, chlamydia, HIV and syphilis as standard.

Syphilis test — Yes

Blood test.

Hepatitis B & C test — Yes

Blood test.

Hepatitis B and C tests may be added depending on what you tell the clinic.

Seen with symptoms — Yes

Will examine and treat if you have symptoms, not only screen.

People with symptoms phone to book an in-person consultation.

PEP (after HIV exposure) — Yes

Emergency 28-day medicine; must start within 72 hours.

Phone first; same-day appointments are usually offered. The page describes PEP as for people in Greater Glasgow and Clyde or Argyll and Bute.

PrEP — start here — Yes

Can prescribe PrEP, including to visitors.

Described as for people living in Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Argyll and Bute. Nothing is said about visitors.

DoxyPEP — Yes

Doxycycline after sex to cut syphilis and chlamydia risk; not offered everywhere.

For gay and bisexual men and trans women who meet the criteria; phone appointment booked online.

Hep A / B vaccine — Yes

Offered during other appointments to people who are eligible; cannot be booked on its own.

HPV vaccine — Yes

For men aged 45 and under who have sex with men.

Mpox vaccine — Yes

For gay and bisexual men at risk.

Free condoms & lube — Yes

Results: 7 to 10 days, by calling an automated results line; the clinic calls or texts if a result is positive

Booking, access & languages

PhoneOnline

No referral required

You can come without a doctor’s referral.

You can refer yourself without seeing a GP.

Walk-in — No

Sandyford Central is appointment only. Sandyford lists a Wednesday afternoon drop-in for gay and bisexual men at Pipeworks.

Appointment required

You must book before coming.

Languages: English

Interpreter available — Yes

Free NHS interpreters, including for booking; you can ask for a male or female interpreter. British Sign Language is also available.

Cost

Service	Who	Cost
All services	Everyone	Free Sandyford says all its services are free, including any prescription. Scotland's overseas-visitor charging regulations exempt services at a sexual health clinic for sexually transmitted infections, and HIV tests with their counselling, from charges. PEP and PrEP pages are written for people living in Greater Glasgow and Clyde or Argyll and Bute.

Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.

After you leave

Results by: phone call, text message

United Kingdom: good to know

What visitors pay. Scotland sets its own rules on charging overseas visitors. Scottish Government guidance to the NHS (2010) says emergency treatment in an A&E department is free to everyone regardless of where they live, until the person is admitted as an inpatient or registered as an outpatient, and that treatment for sexually transmitted infections at a specialised sexual health clinic is exempt from charges for all overseas visitors. The same 2010 guidance limited the exemption for HIV to the test and counselling; the rules may have changed since, so ask the clinic.
Published by Scottish Government Health Directorates (CEL 09, 2010)· 19 Sep 2026
PEP in this country. For PEP after a possible sexual exposure to HIV, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Sandyford service says to phone 0141 211 8130 as soon as possible (Monday to Thursday 8:45am to 4pm, Friday to 2:45pm, closed 12:15pm to 1pm); same-day appointments are usually offered. After 4pm it says to attend A&E for a first supply of PEP, with follow-up back at Sandyford. PEP must start within 72 hours and works best within 24.
Published by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Sandyford)· 19 Sep 2026

Emergency number: 999

Sources & last checked

Last checked 22 Sep 2026.

e1 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — Phone, address, booking routes by service; all services free, sensitive and confidential.
e2 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — With symptoms phone for an in-person consultation; without symptoms book online; standard tests; hepatitis B and C may be added; results line after 7-10 days.
e3 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — PEP by phone, same-day appointments usually; after 4pm attend A&E; for people in Greater Glasgow and Clyde or Argyll and Bute.
e4 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — PrEP for people living in the board area; online booking; eligible groups include gay and bisexual men and trans and non-binary people.
e5 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — Dedicated page for gay and bisexual men: free, confidential, self-referral; testing, PrEP, PEP, DoxyPEP, vaccines, free condoms and lube; Pipeworks drop-in on Wednesdays.
e6 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — DoxyPEP no longer invitation-only; criteria and booking.
e7 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — Hepatitis A and B, HPV, mpox and gonorrhoea (MenB) vaccines for eligible groups, offered during other appointments.
e8 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — Sandyford Central, 2-6 Sandyford Place, Monday to Friday, appointment only; list of other Sandyford sites and the Pipeworks drop-in.
e9 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.sandyford.scot — Free interpreters and translated information.
e10 · Published by legislation.gov.uk (NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989, regulation 3) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.legislation.gov.uk — Services at a special clinic for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases are exempt from overseas-visitor charges; for HIV the exemption covers the diagnostic test and associated counselling. Accident and emergency care is exempt until admission.

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