Abacus sexual health service

• Investigations, treatment or referral for gynaecological problems (please refer to your GP) 
  Prescriptions for drugs other than  contraceptive (refer to GP)
• Care for general medical issues e.g. chest problems, skin problems (refer to GP)
• Screening and treatment for all sexually transmitted infections.

Cancelling your appointment

We understand that sometimes unexpected events can prevent you from keeping your appointment. If you cannot attend please contact us as soon as possible. We can offer your appointment to someone else and avoid the appointment being wasted.

We lost 41 appointments in August due to patients not attending, at a cost of £792. This is an enormous waste of NHS resources and impacts on staff time managements and patient waiting times. If you need to reschedule and cancel appointments please call our appointment line: 0151 247 6555

Domiciliary Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Service

The domiciliary service is available to all people who require sexual and/or reproductive healthcare but are unable to access mainstream Abacus Clinics. Referrals must meet the following criteria to ensure that the service is provided to those people in real need of a domiciliary service:

• People with mental and/or physical disability which make attendance at clinic difficult
• People whose carer responsibilities make it difficult for them to attend the sexual and reproductive healthcare clinics.
• People whose local sexual and reproductive healthcare clinic is not within walking distance of home, and have no access to any form of transport.
• People whose language, culture or religion may cause difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare clinics
• People who are motivated to seek out sexual and reproductive healthcare services, but also need assistance in order to comply with contraceptive methods
• Emergency home circumstances that prevent the person from accessing mainstream sexual and reproductive healthcare clinics

If you require any further information in regards to this service, please contact Abacus on 0151 247 6555.

Find clinic addresses and times below. 

Abacus clinics operate at the sites listed in the table below (or download the clinic list here): 

Waiting times: ​Waiting times at our clinics can be variable. This is a drop in service so we cannot predict how many clients may come through the door. Consultations times can vary depending on need. Please bear in mind that clinicians must fill in medical records after each consultation. 

Clinic suspensions: On occasions it may be necessary to suspend clinic registration for short periods due to high numbers of patients accessing the drop in service.  This ensures we maintain patient safety at all times.

If you need to attend for emergency contraception this is also available at the City Walk-In Service. 

For general enquiries please telephone 0151 247 6500

For appointments please telephone 0151 247 6555

Abacus Sexual Health Service can be accessed by appointment or through our drop in clinics (where no appointment is necessary).

However, please note that some treatments such as routine IUS/IUD insertion or renewal, implant removal/renewal are available by appointment only. The drop in service runs alongside the appointments.

For further information call 0151 247 6500 or, to make an appointment, call any time Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 5.00pm on 0151 247 6555.

Clinical Training

Clinics will be closed until 1.00pm on the following days

• Wednesday 13 November 2019
• Wednesday 11 December 2019
• Wednesday 8 January 2020
• Wednesday 12 February 2020               
• Wednesday 4 March 2020
• Wednesday 8 April 2020
• Wednesday 13 May 2020
• Wednesday 10 June 2020
• Wednesday 8 July 2020
• Wednesday 12 August 2020
• Wednesday 2 September 2020
• Wednesday 14 October 2020
• Wednesday 11 November 2020
• Wednesday 9 December 2020