Sexual Health Clinic

Where can you get sexual health services in Hastings and Prince Edward counties?

• Your primary health care provider
• Your college health services
• Your secondary school public health nurse (if your school offers a public health clinic)
• A walk-in or virtual care clinic
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
• Getakit.ca – online assessment and mail-out system for home-based HIV self-tests and other STI testing services (for those 16+)
• An emergency department (If you are experiencing symptoms and are unable to access any other options)

Sexual Health Services available at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

• Quick test Services clinics for Chlamydia chlamydia and Gonorrhea gonorrhea testing only.
• Appointment-based services.
• Emergency Contraception, contraception and low-cost birth control program.
• Free condoms. Pick up condoms during regular office hours or call in advance for lube, dental dams, female condoms, latex-free condoms or larger sized condoms.

GetaKit

GetaKit program is offered for people 16+ in Hastings and Prince Edward counties.  The HIV self-test kits along with requisitions for sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis can be shipped directly to you to take to your local lab. Complete the online assessment and register today with GetaKit.ca

Quick Test Clinics for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

Quick Test Clinics offer self-testing for people without symptoms who want to check for chlamydia and gonorrhea only.

If you have been named a contact of a sexually transmitted infection, please call for an appointment to access testing and treatment at the same time.

If you are experiencing symptoms such as burning when you pee or discharge, the Quick Test Clinic may not be for you. There is no health care provider at the clinic who can diagnose you.

What you need to know:

• testing only takes a few minutes but wait time depends on the number of people who are there before you
• Do not urinate (go pee) 1 hour before you come to the Quick Test Clinic
• Throat and rectal swabs are available if you have had oral and/or anal sex.
• bring your health card (if you have one)

Individuals are encouraged to contact their own health care provider for STI testing, though this may not be an option for everyone. Individuals can drop-in during STI Quick Test Clinic hours, and provide a self-collected sample (pee in a cup and/or throat swab and/or rectal swab).

REMEMBER: No News is Good News – we only contact you if you have a positive test

Quick Test Clinics will be held at the following locations and times:

• Belleville HPEPH Office, 179 North Park Street
  Mondays (with the exception of stat holidays) from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
  Thursday from 11 a.m. -5 p.m., closed 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Trenton HPEPH Office* 499 Dundas Street West
  Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
• Bancroft HPEPH Office*, 1 Manor Lane
  Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
• Picton HPEPH Clinic*, 35 Bridge Street
  2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays of the month from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Sexual health clinic appointments*

The following services are offered by appointment in all of our offices (Belleville, Trenton, Bancroft and Picton):

• Sexually transmitted infection (STI)/Blood-borne infection (BBI) testing including syphilis and HIV.
• Free STI treatment for individuals who have been diagnosed with a STI and their sexual partners (contacts).
• Birth control prescriptions for people without a health care provider who are 25 years and under.
• Pregnancy options counselling including support to access abortion services.
  • Also see the Unplanned Pregnancy resource from HPEPH

Call the Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Sexual Health line at 613-966-5500 ext 243 or 1-800-267-2803 ext 243 to book an appointment.  Some services may be available over the phone.  Limited early evening appointments may be available in the Belleville office.

* Meet with a sexual health nurse; there are no physicians on-site.

Emergency contraception and low-cost birth control

Emergency contraception (Plan B and ella) is available in all of our offices (Belleville, Trenton, Bancroft and Picton) at all Hastings Prince Edward Public Health offices. If you have had unprotected sex or a birth control failure (ie. forgot to take a pill or the condom slipped off); emergency contraception can help prevent unplanned pregnancies. but should be taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex. It is most effective within the first 24 hours but may still work up to 5 days after.

If you already have a birth control prescription but you are not covered under a health insurance program (such as have OHIP+, private/work health insurance, ODSP, Ontario Works or Indigenous and Northern affairs), you can access low cost birth control at all Hastings Prince Edward Public Health offices. Brands available at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health:

Emergency contraception and low-cost birth control

Contact us

If you need more information after reviewing this page, please call 613-966-5500 or 1-800-267-2803, ext. 243.

For more information

• Sexandu.ca
• Sexual Health Ontario

Page last updated: February 8, 2024.