Sexual Health
Welfare Supplies in College
Lincoln JCR and MCR provide free condoms for students at the college. These are available from machines, which dispense Safex brand condoms, located in the laundry rooms (in the basement of Staircase 8 on the main site, in the basement of Staircase 22 at Bear Lane, and in the laundry room at EPA). Any problems with the machines should be reported to the Welfare Officers.
You can also get Pasante brand condoms (Large, Ribbed and Dotted), personal lubricant, attack alarms and free pregnancy tests by asking the welfare officers directly (they will keep this confidential, of course!). Just email or pidge them and they’ll give you the supplies. If you want to remain anonymous, simply place a note in one of the Welfare Officers’ pidges and they will place the supplies in their pidge for you to collect.
Contraception and Family Planning
Contraception advice and supplies are also available free of charge from a GP or a Health Authority Family Planning Clinic – in Oxford this is the Alec Turnbull Clinic.
The Alec Turnbull Family Planning Clinic provides free contraception advice and supplies, emergency contraception, pregnancy and smear tests, counselling for unplanned pregnancy and referral for termination of pregnancy, as well as information and advice on all aspects of sexual health. It is located at Raglan House, 23 Towns Road, Cowley (take the number 1 or 5 bus) and you don’t need to make an appointment – just drop in. You can also contact them by phone on 01865 456666.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Advice and testing for sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS is available free of charge from a GP or a genito-urinary medicine (GUM) department – in Oxford this is the Harrison Clinic.
The Harrison Clinic offers a drop-in service for HIV and syphilis testing from 1.30-2.30pm Monday to Friday. For all other tests you will need an appointment, but you will rarely have to wait more than one week. The Harrison Clinic is located at the Churchill Hospital (take the number 15 bus). For further details or to book an appointment, call them on 01865 231231.
Other Useful Contacts
- National AIDS and Sexual Health Line: 0800 567 123 (provides advice about HIV/AIDS, sexual health, local services, clinics and support services)
- Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Line: 01865 726295 (local service – phone cover and answer machine)