You can come any of our clinics, whatever your age. If you are under 16, you might have worries about confidentiality. For more information, click on the links below:
- More about confidentiality
- Leaflet on confidentiality Link to confidentiality leaflet
- Our confidentiality policy
- Link to box ‘What if I am under 16? On homepage’
You can come to any of our clinics. Our drop-in clinics are designed with people under 25 in mind. Drop ins are held in:
If you would like to phone first, to discuss your concerns, then phone 01896 663700 and ask to speak to one of the nurses.
UNDER 16?
Our Confidentiality Policy
If you are under 16, you may be concerned about talking to the doctor about sex, contraception or sexually transmitted diseases. This is our policy on confidentiality:
Doctors and health professionals have a duty of care and a duty of confidentiality to all patients, including under 16s.
We offer THE SAME confidentiality to all patients whether they are under 16 or not.
This means we treat anything you tell us in complete confidence. We will not tell anyone anything about you unless we think that you are in danger of coming to harm, for example:
- Someone is forcing you to have sex against your will
- Someone is hurting or harming you in another way
- Someone is taking advantage of their position (such as a youth worker or relative) to have sex with you
- We think that another young person may come to harm (for example a brother or sister)
We HARDLY EVER have to do this, even if what you are doing is against the law.
If, as a LAST RESORT, we decide to tell someone else, such as a social worker, police officer or parent, we will tell you exactly what we are going to do first.
If you want to know more about confidentiality, you can ask the nurse or doctor before you discuss your problems.
You can ask to read our confidentiality policy
You can phone the Childrens Law Centre on 0131 667 6333
Relevant Links
General
Young people and sexual health
Contraception
- Borders Sexual Health Drop-ins
- Borders Sexual Health Family Planning Clinics
- Caledonia Youth Free and confidential sex advice and contraception for young people up to the age of 25.
5 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2DP Tel: 0131 229 3596
Website: http://www.caledoniayouth.org/
- Family Planning and Well Woman Services: Edinburgh
(Central Clinic) 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh EH14 1NL. Tel: 0131 332 7941.
- Lesbian, Gay. Bisexual InformationLGBT Youth Scotland LGBT Youth Scotland (formerly Stonewall Youth) provides services and opportunities for LGBT young people (under 26) to help them to make positive choices about their lives. They offer advice, safer sex supplies, volunteering opportunities and housing support and run a range of groups for young LGBT people.
John Cotton Centre, 10 Sunnyside, Edinburgh EH7 5RA
Tel: 0131 622 2266 Youthline: 0845 113 0005
Email: info@lgbtyouth.org.uk Website: http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/
Lifestyle and relationships
Mind, Body & Soul
Health Freak Health information specific to teenagers based on the "Diary of a Teenage Health Freak" series.
Young people online guide with life choices.
Health facts for young people aged 11 to 14
Access
Drugs help and advice
Frank Drugs, drugs are illegal, talking about them isn't.