Episode 2 Unsafe Sex in the City

More young people than ever

And Britain's STI clinics are the first stop for anyone who

thinks a night of passion might mean they've caught something nasty.

I should know better, really.

the doors of two clinics...

People are having a lot of sex, and

God gave you a minge. Use it!

What's he done to upset you?

..and Exeter - in the heart

Everyone sleeps with everyone.

Getting a sexually transmitted infection from a farm animal.

I shouldn't of. Oh, my God.

I'm just hoping and praying that I haven't got anything.

..to find out how getting tested...

Your results from your recent

Why would you need to carry on

because I'm itching already.

And 21-year-old Ash is praying that probing into his past...

..won't open a can of worms

If I've given Jaz something, I don't know how I'd live with myself.

The Leeds Centre for Sexual Health

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demand for their sexual health

sometimes you can't get upstairs.

Would you like a cup of tea?

a shower of boys and girls.

is doing the morning top-up.

This is liquid nitrogen for

We spray it on to each, like, wart. It's like a really cold spray

And putting peoples privates on ice keeps the Leeds clinic busy.

It's one of the most common sexually transmitted infections we see.

Like, if I'm on a night out, I never do because I'm always

intoxicated or anything like that

You'd think that I'd learn after

peace-of-mind check-up today.

I know it's hard to tell sometimes.

So what we do today is we do a test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea.

It has a two-week incubation period so this episode a week ago,

she could have picked up on the

If you insert it about two inches

You can go behind the curtain if you wish, and I always suggest

you put your foot up on the chair

Next door, Krista's best mate Emma

Just been looking at the issue about your sexual history, OK,

One of the things to say about the tests is that they are only

accurate up to about two weeks ago.

So if we're looking for things like chlamydia, it can take

That just checks for chlamydia

her recent sexploits means today's test is very much necessary.

It's not like you're going to stop and go, "So have you got something?"

Would you like some condoms today?

Cheers. See you later. Bye.

We have to be, like, really personal

I've asked the girls about positions

HIV, gonorrhoea, chlamydia,

I think they sound like sandwiches.

..A bag of condoms could be

You just never know, do you, when you might need a condom?

So it's always best to have one

INTERVIEWER: Have you got one

I've got one or two. Or three, maybe.

busy dealing with a city on heat.

yeah, the big bags. For all of those.

These aren't, you know, simple infections that you want to get

and, yes, they're easy to test for.

But that doesn't mean you still want to get them over and over again.

I think that they make that

"Oh, you know, if I get chlamydia, I can get treatment for that.

mate Brad, is taking a keen interest

But this isn't Josh's first

straightaway and I panicked.

I haven't had it since. Touch wood.

especially if his safe sex ideas

chlamydia, the alarm goes off?

Thank you. Josh, hi, do you want

How can I help you today then?

health check-up, yeah? Yeah.

When was the last time you had

When did you last have sexual

A week before that, OK. And did you use any condoms? No. OK.

Last sexual contact with someone

I was just looking back at your old

about condoms? They ruin it.

of the number of patients like Josh,

You do get repeat offenders.

They have that kind of look on their face where they nod,

as if to say, "Yeah, I've heard it

whether he'll be joining Luke's long list of repeat offenders.

In Leeds, it's the day after

and single girls Krista and Emma

be nervous. It doesn't hurt.

Does anyone else want to go first?

So what's the meaning behind

It's our secret pulling code.

When you're dancing with a guy

want to take him home, we'll be

Or, if we're that drunk and we

Padlock is basically a code word to say whether we are going to

Absolutely gorgeous, in fact. Aw, that's really nice. I love it.

While Krista gets her top-secret

Someone's just walked past that

No, mate, it's under my cling film.

Maybe it will get opened, maybe someone will find the keys?

but will they still be smiling

when they get their results

and worked here you'd be...

You'd be examining that penis before it came anywhere near you!

But if they were still young, free

You wouldn't do anything if you worked here, would you? Nope.

It's quite frightening, actually.

I wouldn't have done half of what I've done - nah, I'm joking.

Keep your fisting to yourself, love.

Back down in Exeter, Josh is feeling the nasty side effects

It's not regretting how many

it's a small community, innit?

If one person says something,

I know a girl at the moment, and she probably hasn't even got it,

but everyone saying that she's

People have said, "Oh, yeah, don't sleep with him, he's got chlamydia."

Yeah, you have a reputation, but you can't get rid of it,

you've just got to convince people

if you've got chlamydia, won't you?

No, I've got it on my phone - notes.

and a lot of people ask me...

Let's put the girls on the spot -

Josh heads out to find some

Shots! Everyone's getting...

But unfortunately for Josh,

his fears of the rumour mill

And since word spreads as fast as chlamydia in this town...

And he's got another week to

if the rumour's become a reality.

..leaves sexual health clinics dealing with the hangover in the

We do see that group particularly - weekend drinking, unsafe sex,

Quite often young people have this

there are certain people who get infections and certain people who

the fourth, fifth, sixth time they

say, chlamydia, in the last three,

quite thick notes, you know.

So the concern there is - why are they not getting the message?

Tim's next patient is a classic

OK, Geoff. Come on in, mate.

Right Geoff, so...you've come in

How are you doing with your condoms?

It just never gets mentioned,

Girls just say they're on the pill

getting pregnant, people aren't

It's an excuse nurse Tim has heard

You need to be keeping an eye

I mean, look, we know gonorrhoea and chlamydia are treatable,

but what I'm concerned about is that there's a good proportion

do not know they have got HIV.

And this is where we start getting into the realms of, you know,

somebody being confirmed with HIV

and then, "How many girls have you

And guilt's a good motivator.

for the HIV, syphilis, chlamydia

and gonorrhoea that could have been

two years since he last got tested.

'I think he was a little more

because most guys have been

A lot of young men I see often find

where a girl might be saying to

And those seem to be the three

But how do we know that person

few weeks, and does not yet know?

I should know better, really.

Just have a look down there.

The Leeds clinic is riddled with

But not everyone understands

when you're going to the toilet or

What do you mean "discharge"?

Have you noticed anything...?

So the staff have to try and get

That's always a popular one.

It's no good wrapping things up in terminology and somebody

walking away not understanding

There was a lady the other week and, you know, the light was shining

and it does get quite warm, and she

Back down in Exeter, nurse Abbey has

She's come in with a ten-day

of white, smelly discharge.

bacterial vaginosis, which is

the imbalance of the bacteria

diagnoses made by the Exeter clinic

each week, and nurse Abbey takes nearly every new case in her stride.

So I've got a guy who's come in

has told him he's got crabs.

I haven't examined him yet.

Thanks to the fashion for de-fuzzing

I examined his thighs and his genitals and couldn't see anything.

after the patient has left.

That'll sort you right out.

What type of sex do you have?

Sometimes it's penetrative.

OK. Are you top, bottom, versatile?

20-year-old student Jazz was a

When was the last time you had

It would have been last night.

When did you last have sexual

Any toys, fisting, rimming,

And are you still in contact

I think he was from the UK.

a swab from the tip of the penis,

and then we'll get some blood

Sorry, just a little bit of a wiggle

That's fine, that's all done.

syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia,

Ash and Jazz will now have to wait

it's going to be an interesting

Coming to the clinic as a couple is

I think we do get a lot of people come in as... We see it a lot.

We always try to take them in

We won't refuse to see them

and make it clear that it's better

I just want to get tested."

And they've actually been in that relationship for about six months

And you think, "Hmm, OK. Might be a little bit too late, now."

Josh is worrying about his results

We talk about literally everything.

Just...don't like your attitude

Move on to the next one, don't you?

exempt from sexual diseases.

In a way, I hope you have got a little bit wrong with you,

Well, no, it will, it will make you

Yeah. If you do get something then you've got to go round and tell

you've slept with that there's quite a good chance that they've got it.

Oh, so does a sexual disease

the reality of his upcoming results is starting to dawn on Josh.

But after a week of waiting,

"Hang on, something's wrong here."

It starts eating away, eating away at you, eating away at you,

and you come to the conclusion

I've got AIDS, I've got something."

and although the Leeds clinic is

The last time I was at pride was when I was on the float then

and the staff are grabbing the

to spread the safe sex message

We're going to be talking to people,

Also we'll be giving out condoms

and a quarter of them don't know

It would be great if we meet people

of making people more aware

common in the gay community,

Dr Mags is keen to inject some safe into the sex that's brewing.

It's been quite a long time since the clinic has been represented

at Pride, so this is kind of a bit

their bits and pieces. Not today.

As Dr Mags sets off, across town

are getting ready to tackle Pride for very different reasons.

there are no straight lads there.

What did you do last night?

I've had it on like their apartment steps and it were like the basement.

In his dad's car when it were parked

..when I was leaning out of his

to his best mate and he was stood

Nothing. We were just talking.

I'll...be down...in a minute!

As the girls make their way

..Dr Mags is in the thick of it

demonstrating that when it comes to

sometimes size does matter.

So you kind of measure the length

or you can measure the width also

Would you like some condoms?

Do you have any questions about your

If you get AIDS, does it kill ya?

We tend to just say HIV more,

No, it's very rare that people

because the treatment out there is

so that's why we want people to get tested, so come and see us in clinic.

Can I give you some condoms?

Can I give you some condoms?

the girls are still talking dirty.

Oh, God, I were proper filthy

We want to know the juicy gossip.

Well, it were juicy all right.

Were it four you said, this morning?

and the celebrations reaching

No. All right, thanks - bye!

..the safe sex message becomes

What surprised me is that people

People probably weren't at their most receptive for outreach.

..Dr Mags decides that if she can't beat them, she'll join them.

# Chase the shadows away... #

# I'm up all night to get lucky

..and the girls are spreading

I'll give a while next Friday

I'll give it till the morning!

It's not fair that men have a lot

but they're like, "You slept with loads of people, you slags!"

Why should they have all the fun and

"Oh, where's my boyfriend?"

There's no rule that says women should stay at home and be fannies.

With their results due in a week, Krista and Emma will find out

whether making use of what God gave

has got them into an almighty mess.

Why don't you use protection?

Like, say I was to sleep with you,

Have you had anything before?

Did you not learn from them two

Yeah. Or you could have something

I definitely wouldn't be as

How do you get rid of gonorrhoea,

So what you going to do, then,

If they come back positive,

I'm obviously going to have

Do you remember how many people

if he scores an STI hat-trick

At the Leeds clinic, there's one STI that keeps the staff grafting.

my clinics are always full of people

Must be very cold on your genital

Might make you jump at first.

They can come in all shapes

The clinic sees up to 200 cases

this morning it's up to support

Dave the van man is used to its more heavy-duty application.

We use it for industrial purposes, which is for cutting metal.

Sometimes we can cut 'em off, we don't have to freeze them.

Just one of many treatments, this.

Just in case you were interested!

I'll stick to the industrial side,

Am I putting you off your dinner?

It is. I mean everyone's aware of

..having worked in sexual health

nothing puts Dawn off HER dinner.

when people bring cottage cheese.

It does remind you of what you've

I'm all right when I'M eating it.

But if somebody else is eating it,

"I saw this morning about half nine."

Waiting for results is no picnic,

20-year-old Jazz has an awkward

I was just wondering, how many people have you slept with and that before?

Can't really remember proper. No?

And were they like, were they

In the UK, gay men are the group

a virgin before meeting Ash,

the burden of a potential STI

Feeling a bit nervous about it all

As long as we don't have HIV or

Oh. Don't want to talk about that.

but if I've given Jazz something,

Leeds student Geoff is facing

of a third bout of chlamydia.

His results are due today and he's relying on his mates for support.

and get checked out or what?

I've been in Leeds, I think.

You've lived here two year. I know.

Not sure if I've got anything,

and it's more than I thought,

You'll have some women kicking off

but I'll just have to go through

Oh, hi, Geoff, my name's Jane.

I'm a health advisor at the Centre For Sexual Health at Leeds.

Geoff, we're just phoning up because

There's no gonorrhoea, no HIV

But we have found chlamydia.

as we have found an infection,

we would like to get you back down

so we can give you some antibiotic

How bad is it, having it three

No, no - like, I am gonna start using

cos it is stupid that I've got it

The Leeds clinic deals with up to

Next! Fourteen stamps, next!

This is quite a big pile today actually, we were saying this

That is your gonorrhoea positive,

and that one is a chlamydia

Every one of these I look at is a person waiting for their results

so that's why I find it's really important to get these done as well,

so if somebody needs contacting that either needs treatment or is

waiting for their results, you know,

Away from his mates, the seriousness of Geoff's chlamydia hat-trick

I do care that I've got chlamydia.

I don't want it any more times

I understand that I have to tell other people that I've got it

they could have it as well.

I really don't want to do it.

Well, there's the first one

..said for me to get checked out.

Yeah, I've just been through

and sends the dreaded text.

Right, I've put, "Hi, it's Geoff,

"that I got tested and it turns out

"Just in case, I would get checked

for now - but if he doesn't

Down in Exeter, 20-year-old Josh's wait is nearly over.

you just pass it around like it's...

Having caught chlamydia once before,

They wouldn't have rang me,

Probably someone I owe money.

It's a lucky escape for Josh.

off your shoulders, isn't it?

to tell mate Brad the news.

Josh has one more person to tell.

I got my results, didn't I?

When it's just some random,

start wearing something on it.

As my dad put it, "Put a crisp packet on and use an elastic band."

And hopefully his lucky escape

It hasn't hit me yet, but it will.

there are more results ready

no HIV, and no syphilis, OK?

What...? You're pleased about that.

One patient who's come into the

You've been with your current

so these results will be accurate.

Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, throat rectal and urine - all fine.

Yeah? I'm clear of everything.

But hopefully you're the same.

It's a call from the clinic.

That's good, so we're clear.

'With a double dose of good news,

Today's going to get naughty.

Back up in Leeds, Krista and Emma are making the most of a day off.

Are you enjoying playing the field?

I feel a lot better in myself now.

Like when you have one-night stands,

It's like a one-night stand,

It's also results day for the girls.

Are you worried about your results?

I'm worried for you. Thanks(!)

What, and you didn't change?

Thanks for me gonorrhoea sandwich.

Would you like some chlamydia sauce?

And you're still eating.

Have you actually just got it?

Massive, massive, massive relief.

Happy drunk, not sad drunk.

It's good news, but will the pair

I'll... I'll... If I think about it, I'll definitely use them.

If you go out on a night out, are

But having had unprotected sex the day before her STI test...

at least if somebody's come in

a vicious circle going round.

TANNOY: Please proceed to counter

You go home at t'end of t'day and you think you've done a good job

and you've saved some people.

Before it all starts again tomorrow.

..18 year old Ollie is given

into a women without a condom,

you can catch HIV, hepatitis,

..farmer Greg finds waiting for his results a real ball ache...

..and clinic staff get up to date with the sex scene in Leeds.

Oh, yeah, unicorning, where they put the dildos on their head.

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