Need urgent help?
I need help after rape or sexual assault
If you need immediate support after a sexual assault or rape, there are specialist centres all over the UK that can help you.
Coventry and Warwickshire
Blue Sky Centre is a specialist service in Nuneaton, open 24 hours a day. They offer medical, practical and emotional support after assault. Call them on 0800 970 0370
Call 0300 247 0069 to make an emergency appointment at your local sexual health clinic
Cheshire West and Chester
St Marys Centre offer a comprehensive and co-ordinated forensic, counselling and aftercare service to anyone who has experienced rape or sexual assault, whether this has happened recently or in the past. Call them on 0161 276 6515
Call 0300 247 0020 to speak to a member of the Sexual Health Hub team for clinic appointments, support and advice
Leicestershire and Rutland
Juniper Lodge provide 24/7 specialist support. Call them on 0116 273 3330
Call 0300 247 0068 to speak to one of our team who will signpost you to the most appropriate option based on our availability
Oldham, Bury and Rochdale
St Marys Centre offer a comprehensive and co-ordinated forensic, counselling and aftercare service to anyone who has experienced rape or sexual assault, whether this has happened recently or in the past. Call them on 0161 276 6515
Call 0300 303 8565 to speak to a member of the Sexual Health Hub team for clinic appointments, support and advice
Rape Crisis offers 24/7 support through its website, including a phone helpline, online chat and centres in some parts of the country.
You do not need to report anything to the police to use these services. But they can help you if you do want to do this.
I need emergency contraception
If you had sex without contraception, or your contraception was forgotten or failed, emergency contraception can help stop unwanted pregnancy.
The non-hormonal coil is the most effective type of emergency contraception if you get one fitted in the 5 days after sex.
Emergency contraception pills, also called the morning-after pill, comes in 2 types that can be taken within 3 days or within 5 days or unprotected sex.
To get the morning-after pill you can:
visit a local pharmacy that offers NHS emergency contraception services
get it from your GP surgery
buy it from a local chemist or high street pharmacy (prices start at £10)
You can also contact The Sexual Health Hub in your region and get emergency contraception from a clinic:
Coventry and Warwickshire: call 0300 247 0069
Cheshire and Chester West: call 0300 247 0020
Leicestershire and Rutland: call 0300 247 0068
Oldham, Bury and Rochdale: call 0300 303 8565
I'm worried I've got HIV
If you've had condomless sex with someone you believe has transmittable HIV, or you've been sexually assaulted, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) may stop you becoming infected.
PEP must be started with 72 hours of contact with HIV for it to work effectively. You'll need to take the pills every day for 4 weeks, and it can have some side effects.
To get PEP you can:
go to your local sexual health clinic
go to an A&E department
You can also contact The Sexual Health Hub in your region for help getting PEP:
Coventry and Warwickshire: call 0300 247 0069
Cheshire and Chester West: call 0300 247 0020
Leicestershire and Rutland: call 0300 247 0068
Oldham, Bury and Rochdale: call 0300 303 8565
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