Genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics

Find your local GUM clinic

You can find your local GUM clinic using the HSC service finder tool.

• HSC service finder tool (HSC website)

Belfast Trust

There is an appointment based clinic at the Royal Victoria Hospital and all appointments need to be pre-booked through the appointment line:

• telephone number: 028 9063 4050 which is available from 8.15 am until 11.15 am Monday to Friday

Your appointment will either be with a doctor or a specialist nurse.

The clinic is open Monday to Friday and is organised into male and female clinics with separate entrances and waiting areas.

On Tuesday afternoon,  there is a mixed clinic which is accessed through the male reception.

• telephone: 028 9063 4050
• GUM clinic - (Belfast Health and Social Care Trust website)

Northern Trust

There is a walk-in clinic at the Causeway Hospital on Tuesday from 5.00 pm and Friday from 1.30 pm.

There is also a nurse-led appointments-based clinic at the same location on Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays, 9.30 am to 12.30 am.

• telephone: 028 7034 6028
• GUM services (Northern Health and Social Care Trust website)

South Eastern Trust

There are specialist sexual health clinics based in Downpatrick, Bangor and Lisburn, which provide both routine and emergency appointment slots. All appointments can be made through the Downpatrick site from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm Monday to Friday:

• telephone: 028 4483 8133

The receptionist will give you an appointment or arrange for you to speak to a nurse, who will prioritise your case.

Appointments are available at the Downe Hospital on:

• Monday morning
• Wednesday morning and Wednesday evening

Appointments are available at the Bangor Community Hospital on Friday morning.

Appointments are available at Lisburn Health Centre on:

• Monday morning
• Thursday morning

A youth health advice service is also available at Lisburn South Eastern Regional College on Monday mornings.

The South Eastern Trust works with GPs and practice nurses in the Bangor and Holywood areas to provide sexual health checkups. If you live in this area and would like a check up, ask your GP about this service.

This will involve a blood test for HIV and syphilis and a urine sample or self-taken swab for chlamydia and gonorrhoea.

Southern Trust

There is an appointments-based clinic in Newry on:

• Monday from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm
• Wednesday from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm
• Friday from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm

• telephone: 028 3083 4215

email: gum@southerntrust.hscni.net

There is also a nurse-led clinic at Portadown Health and Care Centre on Tuesdays, from 9.00am to 4.00pm.

Western Trust

There is an appointment-based clinic in Omagh.

The opening hours are Wednesday, from 9.40 am to 4.30 pm.

• telephone: 028 7161 1269 (appointments made through Altnagelvin Hospital)

There is a walk-in based clinic 9.00 am to 11.30 am on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Altnagelvin Area Hospital.

There are also appointment based clinics on Tuesday  from 9.00 am to 11.30 am and Wednesday and Thursday from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm.

• telephone: 028 7161 1269

More useful links

• HPV vaccine for men who have sex with men
• HIV and AIDS
• Sexual health