Our Sexual Health services cover north and west Kent, providing expert care with a professional, non-judgmental and confidential approach. We welcome people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion and age.
We have clinics in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Dartford and Gravesend and our team of specialist doctors and nurses provide:
- STI care clinics daily for STI testing and diagnostic tests for those with symptoms (including a same day clinic for those with urgent problems)
- STI treatment clinics for those with a positive STI test result who need treatment
- Emergency contraception
- SHUK Online STI home screening service (please see section and links below)
- All methods of oral and injectable contraception (pills, patch, ring and injections)
- All long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods with insertion and removal procedure clinics (implants and coils)
- Deep implant removal clinic
- HIV services for those living with HIV including routine annual monitoring appointments, urgent care advice and antiretroviral home care delivery
- HIV PEP/PEPSE – HIV post exposure prophylaxis including following sexual exposure
- HIV PrEP – HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Dermatology clinic for genital lumps, bumps and skin lesions
- Young persons clinic.
Walk-in clinics
Rubin Clinic, Maidstone Hospital
- Tuesday 8.30-11am
- Wednesday 1-4pm
Riverside Clinic, Gravesham Community Hospital, Gravesend
- Friday 8.30-11am
Patients are seen on a first-come-first-served basis. Please allow plenty of time for your visit as there could be a waiting time of up to two hours. You may be offered a booked appointment or asked to come back to the next walk-in clinic if we have reached the maximum number of patients we’re able to see.
We offer contraceptive services at our walk-in appointments, but complex contraception procedures such as implant or coil fittings/exchanges require a pre-booked appointment.
For implant procedures, please call to book directly. For coils, please complete and submit the relevant on the coil and implant procedures page.
Bookable appointments
Bookable appointments are available if required, and will be offered following a telephone consultation with our triage team. Call us on 0300 373 0709.
Contact us
Call us on 0300 373 0709 for appointments or any queries.
Phone lines are open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8am – 6.50pm, Wednesday 1pm – 6.50pm, and Friday 8am –4.50pm
A booked appointment will be offered if necessary following a telephone consultation with one of our clinicians. They will discuss your concerns and signpost you to the most appropriate service.
If your problem is urgent, don’t worry. We do have a number of same day appointments every day, to see you as soon as possible.
Clinic addresses and opening times
If you need to cancel your appointment, for the Rubin Clinic and Rowan Tree please call 01622 225101 and for Dartford and Gravesend please call 01474 360581.
The automated service will ask for your name, date of birth, contact number, and the date, time and venue of your appointment. Messages can be left at any time during the day or night and are checked regularly. Allowing sufficient time before your appointment would be much appreciated.
Professionals can refer patients by emailing mtw-tr.rubinclinic@nhs.net.
Confidentiality
We provide a confidential service to all of our patients. This means you can talk to us about any problem and we will listen.
You can tell others about your visit, but we won’t. Sometimes we might have to consider passing on confidential information without your permission to protect you, or someone else from very serious harm. This is not something we would do unless we were very worried about you and we would always try and discuss our concerns with you first.
We sometimes suggest that we inform your GP of ongoing treatment or conditions. We would only write to your GP with your agreement. If you have any questions about confidentiality please feel free to contact us or discuss it with us when you come to one of our clinics.
Updates
Update on mpox - March 2026
Mpox continues to circulate at low levels in the UK, with most recent data showing cases linked to both clade Ib and clade IIb strains.
As of early this year, England has reported ongoing cases across both clades, with clade IIb remaining more common nationally, with a recent increase in cases in London.
Mpox spreads through close physical contact, including sexual contact, and symptoms typically include fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash or lesions that may appear on the face, genitals or other parts of the body.
People at higher risk include gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), particularly those with new or multiple partners.
Public health guidance continues to recommend prompt testing, isolation when advised, and vaccination for eligible groups.
We will be offering routine vaccination at our services on an opportunistic basis, for those at higher risk. Please discuss with your clinician at your consultation.
Updated guidance on diagnosis, isolation, and vaccination remains available through the UK Health Security Agency.
If you develop symptoms or have had recent close contact with a confirmed case, please contact your sexual health clinic for advice, on 0300 373 0709.
Gonorrhoea vaccine programme
Those attending our sexual health services are offered a vaccination to protect against gonorrhoea, if they meet certain higher risk criteria. Please discuss this with your clinician at your consultation.
The vaccine is not 100% effective against gonorrhoea; it protects against infection by approximately 30-40%.
The vaccine is already used to protect against meningitis, caused by meningococcal B infection (a bacteria closely related to gonorrhoea), and is used to vaccinate babies and adolescents across the world, including in the NHS.
It comprises two vaccine doses, a minimum of 4 weeks apart. Side-effects can include pain at the injection site, feeling unwell and headache.
Condoms are still the best way to protect against gonorrhoea.
Eligible people will also be offered mpox, hepatitis A and B and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations when attending their appointment.
Useful links
More information about sexual health services in Kent.
- HIV PEPSE (post exposure prophylaxis to HIV)
- HIV Advice – Terrence Higgins Trust
- Family Planning Association
- Sexual health check up videos