Sexual and reproductive health

A practical UK overview of testing, condoms, vaccination and time-sensitive prevention, with routes to confidential help in every nation.

How to choose an external or internal condom and compatible lubricant, check fit and respond to a failure using NHS guidance.

UK routes for urgent symptoms, injury, exposure and sexual-health concerns, with links to current NHS guidance.

How to match STI tests to timing and body sites, act on symptoms and discuss confidential partner notification in the UK.

How HIV PrEP, urgent PEP, vaccines, condoms and testing fit together, including free PrEP routes in every UK nation.

How postal self-sampling and at-home tests differ, what free UK routes offer, and how to check a paid service without a company recommendation.

What NHS and BASHH say about genital herpes, symptoms, recurrence and a practical conversation with a dating partner.

A UK overview of contraceptive choices, free service routes and what to do when a method fails, separate from STI prevention.

What the 2025 BASHH guideline and March 2026 UKHSA plan say about clinician-led doxy-PEP, evidence limits and access.

How mpox spreads, when to call a service and how to check vaccination eligibility across the four UK nations.

What the latest annual England surveillance shows, how to read the trend and where to seek testing across the UK.

Find out when an oral STI test may need a throat swab, what to check in a home kit, and how to discuss symptoms and exposure with a clinic.

How intoxication changes communication and capacity, with non-judgmental harm reduction and UK routes to help.

Brook’s confirmed Sexual Health Week dates, year-round NHS testing and contraception, confidentiality and UK support routes.

Adult holiday sexual health: STI assessment abroad, contraception travel planning, urgent care, privacy and UK support after returning.

What watersports means in adult kink, with NHS hygiene cautions, consent, privacy, UK legal limits and support. No techniques.

Understand U=U, NHS PrEP and urgent PEP, HIV testing, privacy and dating without stigma. UK information for adults.

NHS information on HPV, genital warts, vaccination, cervical screening and UK treatment routes, without shame or self-diagnosis.

NHS-sourced facts about periods, pregnancy and STIs, with comfort, consent, simple hygiene and UK help for pain or unusual bleeding.

Sexual health for women who have sex with women: understand STI testing, BV, cervical screening, barriers and inclusive NHS support.

Trans and non-binary sexual health: UK testing, screening, PrEP, contraception with hormones and ways to find respectful clinical care.

Delayed ejaculation: understand possible causes, antidepressant effects, when to see a GP and UK psychosexual support without pressure.

Latex allergy and sex: recognise reactions, choose latex-free condoms, check lubricant compatibility and get NHS help without guesswork.