The Health Shop

The Health Shop has worked in Nottingham City for over 30 years. We are a small team who give advice and support about drug use and sexual health. We work with people who may find it hard to use mainstream services. This includes people who use drugs, people who are homeless, LGBTQ+ communities, refugees and people seeking asylum.

We believe in harm reduction and helping people make safer choices.

Sexual health

We offer full sexual health tests for people without symptoms. This includes testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs).

• If you have symptoms, please contact the Integrated Sexual Health Service via the Sexual Health Services website or you can either phone or book appointments online.

We support people who may be more affected by STIs or who do not feel able to use other sexual health services.

We offer Hepatitis B vaccinations for:

• people who inject drugs or are at risk of injecting drugs
• men who have sex with men
• people working in the sex industry
• Partners of the above groups

Please note we cannot provide vaccinations needed for work or training.

We provide free condoms, lubricant and gloves.

We are a C Card registration and collection point.

To book a test or find out more:

Telephone: 07585 991542 or our main office number 0115 905 5001

Email: healthshop@nottshc.nhs.uk

Harm reduction

• We give advice on reducing harm when using drugs, including safer injecting.
• We can provide Naloxone. Naloxone is a medication that can reverse overdoses from drugs like heroin.
• We do outreach work to support people who may not access services. This includes people who are homeless, people doing sex work and men who have sex with men.
• We offer information and support for people using image performance enchain drugs like steroids and peptides. We also provide harm reduction equipment to people who self-source hormones as part of gender affirming care (DIYing).
• We work with the Hepatology team to help reduce Hepatitis C. This includes testing, liver scans and support to start treatment.

The Access Project

The Access Project supports women who face severe and multiple disadvantage.

The project helps women choose the contraception that is right for them. This is done in a safe, supportive and trauma informed way. 

Women can choose to have the Depo Provera injection from a Nurse at The Health Shop. This can be given at:

• our main service
• a hostel or day centre
• on outreach using our Health Bus

If this is not suitable, we support women to attend a specialist clinic run with our partners at Nottingham University Hospital and the Integrated Sexual Health Service. Transport can be provided if needed.

Depo Provera can be used as a main method of contraception or as a short term option until another method is arranged.

We are also working with GP practices so women can access long acting contraception, even if they are not registered at that surgery.

The Access Project is about choice. It supports women to decide if and when they want to become pregnant, and what contraception they want, with staff who understand their needs.

To make a referral: 

Email: healthshop@nottshc.nhs.uk

Tel: 0115 905 5001