Sexual Health & Rapid Access Service

Services available

This service is run by doctors, nurse practitioners and sexual health nurses who can provide:

Sexual health

• Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses
• Follow-up post-sexual assault
• Cryotherapy for genital warts
• Genital skin biopsies

Rapid access

For women who meet specific psychosocial criteria, such as:

• homelessness
• violence
• disability
• alcohol and other drugs
• recent release from prison
• mental health.

For rapid access patients, the service will also assess their broader gynaecological concerns, such as: abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain, cervical screening, contraception etc.

Inclusion criteria

This is a statewide service in Victoria.

Women and their partners can be referred.

Urgent referral

The service operates on Wednesdays and Fridays only. For urgent assessment or care outside of these hours, please consider Women’s Emergency Care or other community care providers

Referral instructions

Essential information

All referrals must include essential demographic, medical and social history details, and relevant information about the presenting complaint.

Investigations

Please include previous cervical screening test and STI screening results, relevant pathology and imaging, current treatments trialled, and any relevant specialist correspondence or discharge summaries.

Send referral

GPs and other specialists can refer to the Sexual Health and Rapid Access Service via Fast Fax: (03) 8345 3036.

Use our Women’s Health Referral Form – jump to Referral templates (Downloads).

In detail: How referrals are processed

Appointments

Clinics are held on Wednesday mornings, Friday mornings and afternoons.

Appointments are offered face-to-face or by telephone, depending on the clinical issue.

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