0:00:04 > 0:00:06More young people than ever
0:00:06 > 0:00:09are catching sexually-transmitted infections
0:00:11 > 0:00:15And Britain's STI clinics are the first stop for anyone who
0:00:15 > 0:00:20thinks that a night of passion might mean they've caught something nasty.
0:00:20 > 0:00:27This programme contains strong language.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30This series goes behind the doors of two clinics ..
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Bit cold, as you know, OK?
0:00:32 > 0:00:36..in two very different cities
0:00:36 > 0:00:39We're a bit mental, but we're not judgmental.
0:00:39 > 0:00:47Watch it!
0:00:47 > 0:00:51God gave you a minge... Use it
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Why are we not looking after little Ollie? What's he done to upset you?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And Exeter, in the heart of the Devon countryside.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00This is Exeter, mate. Everyone sleeps with everyone!
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Condoms for sex? No.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Getting a sexually-transmitted infection from a farm animal.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We help bring patients to get checked out...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I've trusted people that I shouldn't have.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Oh, my God.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I'm just hoping and praying that I haven't got anything.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18..before following them home..
0:01:18 > 0:01:2012 months? 20 partners?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22That's well shocked me.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24..to find out how getting tested...
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Your results from your recent visit are...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29..affects their health...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32You were positive to chlamydia
0:01:32 > 0:01:33..their relationships...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Why would you need to carry on coming in to take the test
0:01:36 > 0:01:39if you're not sleeping with anyone but me?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41..and their sex lives.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43She wanted it so bad.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51This week, in Exeter...
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Annie?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Single mum Annie is worried what a one-off fling might have led to.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Did you use any condoms, at all
0:01:59 > 0:02:02No. It would, literally, ruin everything.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07While in Leeds, David finds out his internet lover is infected.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Syphilis can cause damage to the brain, nerves, eyes, liver,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12bones and joints.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15And condom-shy Tony...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Is that the text? That's the text.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19..fears the worst.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22I'm shitting myself now.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Good Yorkshire weather, eh?
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Wonder what's in store for us today.
0:02:44 > 0:02:51Most important part o' day, me snap box!
0:02:51 > 0:02:54In Leeds, before the clinic doors open to the public,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56everyone is getting ready for battle.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Got to put me face on first, before I go down.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Need a face-lift, I know that.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Morning, ladies. ALL: Morning.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Everything OK? NURSE: Yeah, you?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Yeah, good. Anything particularly this week
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Can we have some...?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15You certainly can. You out again?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Yeah, again. That's not a problem.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Every Monday morning, pharmacy technician Roy makes sure
0:03:22 > 0:03:24the clinic is well stocked for the week ahead.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Were you busy at the weekend, then, Jane?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Well, I were working on Saturday.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32And then, Sunday, we all went out for a meal for me
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and my mum's birthday, all the family.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Yeah? Very good.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Yes, went to the Toby Carvery in Horsforth.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Was it good. It was, yeah.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I've never been there. It were lovely.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43You get proper mashed potatoes as well.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Proper mashed potatoes...
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Funny about me mash.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49It's not that bad...
0:03:53 > 0:03:54But it does sting a bit.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Braving the rain this morning is 23-year-old Tony.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02He's come for his first-ever sexual health test
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and has brought Hayden for backup.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I doubt you've got AIDS.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I doubt I've got anything.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12It's... I mean, as soon as I booked the appointment
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I was shitting myself.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Never really bothered using protection, so...
0:04:19 > 0:04:23There is a chance, you know.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Can't be sticking it in wet places and not know where it's going.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Dangerous.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Got to get my dick checked. It's like a quiz. Know what I mean?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35They just put a little thing down there and it's like...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Just literally goes - that's it
0:04:37 > 0:04:39They don't like dig it in and like...
0:04:39 > 0:04:50Does it feel weird now? Yeah.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And it's a woman doing it as well,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54so, like, they're just, like, gentle with that shit.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Couldn't care less, a woman or a man.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Tony will be in the capable hands of Dr Sonya,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02who's no stranger to a penile swab.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09So we normally use these ones here.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12These blue ones, so they look a bit more vicious than perhaps
0:05:12 > 0:05:14they are, just because I think
0:05:14 > 0:05:17the round end scares some people.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Erm, then if it's more difficult we can use the smaller ones, as well.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Erm, and I think there's, like a few other size options,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27but the blue ones are the main ones we use.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30'Do you feel sorry for the men that have to have that?'
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Do I feel sorry for them?
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Erm, no, cos women have to have plenty of, er,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38of, erm, swabs and they have
0:05:38 > 0:05:42to have a speculum which, you know, is probably quite uncomfortable, too.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Anthony?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49How are you? I'm good. You all right?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Would you like to come through Yourself? I'm all right, thank you.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56But there's something that worries Tony even more than a penile swab.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59OK. Is this your first time here today then? Yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It is? OK. Are you feeling OK? No, I'm nervous, yeah.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04You're a bit nervous?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06You've no need to be embarrassed, we're certainly not. OK? Yeah.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I need you to do a urine sample for chlamydia and gonorrhoea.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13And I can do a blood test for HIV and syphilis, as well.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I don't think I'll be requiring the, the blood tests.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19I'm kind of scared of needles. I don't think I've got syphilis or HIV, so...
0:06:19 > 0:06:22OK, I can't force you and I'm not going to force you to have one
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Is it just taken from there? Yeah.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26It's just taken from your arm, it's just one bottle.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I'm getting pains all over me now, just thinking about it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Got nothing to worry about, OK
0:06:33 > 0:06:37OK, and if it becomes too much for you, just let me know. OK?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Just lie back, just relax.
0:06:41 > 0:06:52I'm not bringing a needle anywhere near you yet, OK, so I'm just
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Shall we go for it? Yeah. Yeah? OK.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03It's, literally, going to be about ten seconds, I promise. Ten seconds.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04We can count together if that'll help.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08No, don't look at the needle Anthony, don't look at the needle.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Oh, I don't know if I can do it
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Do you want me to use a smaller needle?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Yeah. OK.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Oh, why did I say "yeah"? I fucking hate needles.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21Right, don't look, this is absolutely tiny, OK? You ready
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Oh, no, not at all.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Right, I'm not going to make you do anything,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I'm just going to hold this arm and I'm ready when you are.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Right, go on, then. You sure? No.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Yeah. You sure?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I don't think you're at a particularly high risk,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49but it's just because you've had unprotected incidents, that's all.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Yeah, I think I'll pass. You want to pass? OK.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Tony's failed to give blood, so he'll not be tested for
0:07:55 > 0:07:58the life-changing infections - HIV and syphilis.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01But he will find out if he has gonorrhoea or chlamydia -
0:08:01 > 0:08:04or both - in two weeks.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08My body just don't want blood to be taken out of it, you know
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Here's hoping it's a good one, like, cos if it's not, I'll be gutted
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I think he was quite nervous which is understandable, erm,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and I think he's quite nervous about what tests
0:08:18 > 0:08:20we're going to do and everything.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I've had a patient pass out here before.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Tony is not the first anxious patient
0:08:24 > 0:08:26who is scared of a prick in his arm.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Needle phobia seems massive to me,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33that's the most common thing that gets mentioned to me,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35"I am frightened about having my bloods done."
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Relax your hand.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Aargh, aargh.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's always the big guys. The young girls are fine, you know,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43they're like, "Yeah, go for it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45But the big... You know, the big guys are like proper wimps.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Oh, I wish I'd rang me mum to come and hold me hand.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Down south, the Exeter clinic is feeling the rush of a manic Monday.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Not my favourite day, er, I'll be honest.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Only because...they do tend to be quite busy,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21for the obvious reason that the weekends have preceded it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23But it's good, cos it goes quick,
0:09:23 > 0:09:28and I think my dislike is just that it's Monday, so..
0:09:28 > 0:09:34"dislike" is pretty strong, I do like it. Yeah, so, going pretty well
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Oh, dear, had a very stressful afternoon
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It feels suddenly busy.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51It is busy. The students are coming back. It's busier. It's hotting up.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56As the students swarm in after the summer...
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Got loads of syphilis today.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03..nurse advisor Luke knows what's in store for the term ahead.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08I think 15-25 bracket, which is considered the most at risk
0:10:08 > 0:10:13for things like chlamydia or has the highest rate of chlamydia definitely.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19We do see that group, particularly, weekend drinking, binge drinking,
0:10:19 > 0:10:20unsafe sex.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22And it seems to be a pattern.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24And a pattern that really,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26no matter how you approach it,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28is one I think that's going to continue, really.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Unprotected sex can lead to two things - an STI or a baby,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39as Luke's next patient knows all too well.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Say, "Thank you."
0:10:41 > 0:10:4420-year-old student, Annie, is a single mum.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Are you escaping?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47And she's joined at the clinic today
0:10:47 > 0:10:53by her 20-month-old son, Jonah
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Annie has come in after a recent night of passion left her worried.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03I didn't know his history and there was no protection,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05sort of, like STI-wise.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I don't think either of us were really expecting
0:11:08 > 0:11:12it to happen and it was just sort of caught-in-the-moment type thing.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I wasn't impressed with myself
0:11:20 > 0:11:26CHILD CRIES Annie? Annie? Annie?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Oh, sorry, I didn't realise it was you, sorry.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I don't think he's going to let go. Is he not going to let go? Do you not need your pram?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33I'll wheel it through,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37only because it's the main waiting room, so... Thank you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Feels a little bit surreal.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47We're all the way round the other side.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You grab a seat on there for me
0:11:54 > 0:11:55How can I help you today?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59I just wanted to just be tested pretty much everything, really
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Right, and when did you last have any sexual contact, then?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Two months ago. Two months ago
0:12:04 > 0:12:05And is this a regular partner,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08is this someone you know, is it a one-off?
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Erm...
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Yeah, I guess it was a one-off
0:12:13 > 0:12:15And did you use any condoms, at all?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18No. OK. So have you got anything unusual going on at the moment
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Any unusual discharge or, or any pain, pelvic pain, at all?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Any unusual bleeding? No. Nothing like that? No.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28OK. Are you still have bleeds with your coil or have they stopped?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31No. They've stopped. OK.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I haven't had it checked, though.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I was supposed to go and check that it was all OK, but I never did.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Oh, right. OK. What the worry is if you
0:12:39 > 0:12:42put a coil in and then it's not in the right place or it's fell out
0:12:42 > 0:12:44or come out, you are at risk of pregnancy
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and that defeats the whole point of putting it in. Yeah.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51We can examine you today, just to check that it is
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Erm, yeah, might as well. OK.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58So, take off what you need, bottom half.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Just leave them on the chair where the fan is
0:13:00 > 0:13:03and, like I said, onto the bed cover yourself with that
0:13:03 > 0:13:07bit of paper and then let us know when you're ready. All right? OK.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13So, yeah, erm, LVS and just examination just to see the threads.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Are you ready? Erm...
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Oh, it's OK, no, I was...
0:13:20 > 0:13:23OK, take your time.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'm not sure what I'm meant to do...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30OK, what...? Yeah, pop the soles of your feet there
0:13:30 > 0:13:33and there, so the soles of your feet just prop it up.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Soles of your feet. That's it. Yeah. OK.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And then if you bring your bottom right down towards me,
0:13:39 > 0:13:40but lay back at the same time.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Remember when you were giving birth?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Yeah. That position.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Right. OK.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51So, now, what I want you to do for me is just let your legs
0:13:51 > 0:13:54flop to the side, so let your legs just flop to the side.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00OK.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03So you'll feel a bit of pressure, again it shouldn't hurt,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05but if it does, tell me and I'll stop.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I'm going to do a swab first of all, OK, that's what it looks like.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12It's just going to go in to the vagina, so it'll feel a bit strange.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Let your legs flop again for me That's great. Let them really flop.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18That's it. Yeah, you'll feel a bit of a stretch
0:14:18 > 0:14:23OK, so the coil is definitely still there. I can see that, that's fine.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26That all looks OK.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31OK. Right, so let's just take it out.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35So the coil's definitely still there
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and it will definitely still be working.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40You all right? Yeah.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Glad it's over?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Sorry.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47It's not the biggest room in the world is it, to be honest?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Just wash my hands.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52The other thing I was going to mention to you,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56with regards to your coil, is about checking it yourself.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57OK.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Erm, and you said nobody mentioned that to you, initially,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02when it was fitted?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05No, they just said sometimes, if you have sex,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08like the partner might be able to feel it, that's all they've. .
0:15:08 > 0:15:09All they said. OK.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I'm going to have to demonstrate, cos it's easier,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15but basically, when you're in the shower, if you -
0:15:15 > 0:15:19one foot up, OK, whichever way you find easiest, but what you're trying
0:15:19 > 0:15:23to do, the aim of this is to reach in to see if you can feel the threads.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26OK. Every now and again, just have a feel, to see if you can,
0:15:26 > 0:15:30because if the coil was to come out, you'd be at risk of pregnancy.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31OK. Yeah.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Anyway, on to taking some blood
0:15:34 > 0:15:36The coil has protected Annie from pregnancy, but it can't protect
0:15:37 > 0:15:43her against catching gonorrhoea chlamydia, HIV or syphilis.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I feel silly, cos I do think that he
0:15:45 > 0:15:50has been quite sexually active before, he's quite open about that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53But, yes, it did kind of worry me,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57more than other people I've been with, definitely.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Cool, all right, OK, so we're all done. You're free to go.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04And we'll be in touch in seven to ten days.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Brilliant, thank you very much All right. No worries.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Open the door for you.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Where's Thomas? Must be outside
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Annie will now have to wait for her results, to find out
0:16:16 > 0:16:19if her STI worries become a reality.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Filling out the white sheet, front and back.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Never been in this part of the hospital.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Looks grey.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39300 miles away, best mates
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Joel and Eve have come to face the swabs together.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46So if you just circle the yes and no on there. OK.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Both take a seat, we need to make some notes up for you.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52At 18 they've not only just come out of their first serious
0:16:52 > 0:16:56relationships, but it's also their first time at the clinic
0:16:57 > 0:17:00We'll both get fondled.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I'm not bothered about that. Yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Imagine if you saw someone running
0:17:05 > 0:17:07down the corridor and crying, like,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10"No, my life's over, I've got AIDS."
0:17:10 > 0:17:12That's not funny.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Is that in...? Oh, right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Staff nurse Tim and sister Karina
0:17:18 > 0:17:21are no strangers to first-time nerves.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24I just try to get them initially relaxed in the position,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27cos if you're in a position, with your legs over stirrups,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29and then you're having a metal speculum coming towards you,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31you're not going to feel relaxed.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Just immediately, you describing it like that,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36but it makes me feel slightly...uneasy.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39It almost sounds very...medical, doesn't it?
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Almost as if you've just entered into a torture chamber.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48Apparently, like, with girls, you have to check both holes.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49So, they might check yours.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Oh, God. What, both holes? Yeah
0:17:52 > 0:17:57I think they stick summat down down the... Yeah, I know that area.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00No, but they, apparently, they check like... Same with me, as well.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03No, apparently they check the other area, as well.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Anybody who's come in should always have a hearty breakfast
0:18:06 > 0:18:11and drink plenty, but I usually find it's the opposite,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14because they're nervous and their appetite is...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16So what's a hearty breakfast - a full English?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Yeah, full English. Black pudding.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Joel?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Do you want to come this way?
0:18:26 > 0:18:31My preference at the moment is men.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34It changes really, because it just depends how I feel.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37But I could see myself settling down with a woman and having kids.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41So what we do first of all is we just ask you a few general questions
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Some of the questions are quite personal.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Not just cos we're being nosy, it helps us with just, erm,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48any potential diagnosis,
0:18:48 > 0:18:49if there's any problems.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51So when was the last time you had sex with anybody?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55About...two months ago.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59And when you had sex, was it protected using a condom
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Yeah, I think so. OK. Not sure
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Um, yeah, I think so. You think so. But I was drunk so ..
0:19:05 > 0:19:07OK. Did you have anal sex with him? Yes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Was it giving and receiving? No
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Just...giving. Just giving. OK
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Apart from him, when was the last time you had sex with somebody different?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Never. OK. So that was the first time? OK.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21So if I just show you around here.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Me and Joel have been best friends since year seven.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27We actually went out in year seven for a day
0:19:27 > 0:19:31and because I wouldn't kiss him he dumped me.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I can't get these trousers off
0:19:33 > 0:19:34THEY LAUGH
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Struggling. And lay on the bed
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Yes, please. Front ways or back
0:19:38 > 0:19:39On your back, please.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Right. OK.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43"Do you have an anal sex or toy in your bum?"
0:19:43 > 0:19:45No!
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Oh!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49"How often do you use condoms? Sometimes.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Are you all right there?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Yeah, I'm struggling. Right, yeah, I'm fine.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57On your back, Joel. Oh, on my back?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Yeah. Right. Sorry.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It's all right. You've not been before, I'll forgive you.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05No. Oh.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07This toilet-towel thing keeps..
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Let me help you. Hold on.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Come and take a seat. It's quite warm in this room, so just be warned.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It's a good thing to do, to come and have a check-up, yeah.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Exactly. As far as you're aware you've got no symptoms, so no
0:20:22 > 0:20:26change in discharge and no ulcers, sores, rashes, warts or lumps?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29And if you don't have symptoms you can do the swab yourself, I'll just talk you through it.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Yeah. Unless you want me to examine you. Oh, the swab will be fine
0:20:33 > 0:20:37So when did you last have any kind of sex? You put a month ago.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Sure it's a month. You've had one sexual partner in the last three months, is that your boyfriend
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Yeah, well, my ex-boyfriend. Your boyfriend.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47So if you're happy, you basically do a swab called a vulval,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51bit of a mouthful, vulval vaginal swab.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55And it tests for gonorrhoea and chlamydia,
0:20:55 > 0:20:59And then we offer a blood test for HIV and syphilis,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Right, so I'm just going to start with a really quick examination
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Well, I need a wee, so... OK, I can feel your bladder.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Yeah, just examining your testicular area.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Everything looks absolutely fine, so, Joel if you could turn over
0:21:12 > 0:21:14knees towards your chest and I'm
0:21:14 > 0:21:17going to do the swab from your back passage, if that's OK.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I just went to a festival and..
0:21:21 > 0:21:22I don't know, it's a
0:21:22 > 0:21:27bit like, I've heard that you can catch diseases from the toilets
0:21:27 > 0:21:29No. No such thing.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Load of rubbish.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The only way you're going to catch any sexual infection is through sex.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35So that's sex, oral sex.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39There might be a chance through sex toys, but definitely not from toilet seats, sharing towels,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43sharing cutlery, sharing cups, anything like that.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Oh, right. That's fine, then. No.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47That was pretty disgusting.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49OK Joel, you can get dressed now,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I just need to do the one from the back of your throat.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56There we go.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Say, "Aah", for me. Aah.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04You don't have to get undressed or anything.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07This is the swab, you hold it at that line there
0:22:07 > 0:22:08and you just like I said, do that.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And then when you've finished, pass it to me and I put it in this tub.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13OK. Thank you. All right? Yeah, that's fine.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Was that as horrendous as you thought it was going to be?
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Um, yeah and no. Yeah. It weren't that bad.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Good, I'm glad.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I just thought you was going to put summat in the front way
0:22:26 > 0:22:29instead of the back way. We used to do that.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32If you were symptomatic, I would ve taken a swab from the front,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34but the urine sample is enough
0:22:34 > 0:22:38As you've no symptoms, you're saved from that today.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Would you like any condoms?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Yeah(!) Help yourself to as many as you want.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Right.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Joel and Eve will have to wait to find out
0:22:47 > 0:22:51if their first sexual experiences have left them with any STIs.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54We get all kinds of patients.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56We get some people who you might
0:22:56 > 0:23:04class as, sort of, very promiscuous that don't have any infection.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07and they end up with warts, you know, or chlamydia.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I think mine will go well.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I hope mine will go well after all that.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15If I found out I had something I'd be gutted.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Yeah, confident.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20The main thing is getting rid of this stigma attached to coming
0:23:20 > 0:23:23and having a check-up in the first place.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26And, hopefully, by doing things like urine samples and men
0:23:26 > 0:23:29and women being able to swab themselves,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34then, hopefully, that'll, you know, make people come and get a check up.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37It was interesting. Yeah, it was interesting.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46DOORBELL RINGS
0:23:49 > 0:23:52In Exeter, with results looming
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Annie's friend Charlotte pops round for a debrief.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00So I, kind of, went in just for a normal...
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Check, like...
0:24:01 > 0:24:02..check-up.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Have you ever had a check before?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07No. I don't know, I just don't think I could literally
0:24:07 > 0:24:10walk in to the clinic and be like, "Hey check me out.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13You wouldn't believe the amount of people that go in there.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15It was packed when I went in.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18It was quite awkward, cos they were all in there,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21really quietly. You can tell that there were couples in there,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23sort of, having really bad days
0:24:23 > 0:24:25And then there was just Jonah
0:24:25 > 0:24:28going round on this little Thomas the Tank Engine.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Little Jonah boy. Yeah.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Would you want another baby?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35No.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Really?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38No. Not now.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Later on in life?
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Later on in life, definitely. Definitely, definitely.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47But not now. What would I do?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51I would have to leave uni with half a degree.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Literally, ruin everything I've worked so hard for. Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Be an absolute nightmare.
0:24:59 > 0:25:05When I found out I was pregnant and they said,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09"We're going to... We need to check for STIs and stuff."
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Because chlamydia can cause blindness in newborns
0:25:13 > 0:25:18When they come down, it can cause infection,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20things like that.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23And that's when it hit me, I was like,
0:25:23 > 0:25:27"Oh, I know I'm pregnant, but I never thought about STIs before."
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I think I was so stupid.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Why didn't you use protection that night?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I don't think either of us were expecting anything to happen.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47I think we'd been seeing each other for a while and we both, sort of ..
0:25:47 > 0:25:51We were both, sort of, like just teasing each other, in a way.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54But obviously, like, we didn't use anything.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Don't slap me.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59So, how was...?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Well, I haven't even had the results back yet.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04You haven't had the results yet
0:26:04 > 0:26:06No. Jesus Christ.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Yeah, no news is good news.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I think getting STIs has always been an afterthought
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I don't think it's really ever been a thought at all, it's always just been
0:26:15 > 0:26:17pregnancy - number one.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I don't think I've ever really thought about STIs.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23But then, when it comes to actually having to get an STI check,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26it is really like...a shock.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29You're like, "Why have you never thought about this before?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32"Oh, no, I'm really worried, what if I do have something?"
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Up north, it's results day for Joel.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46He's hoping that his first sexual experiences haven't left him
0:26:46 > 0:26:48with any nasty surprises.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Even though it was my first time, it was...it wasn't a bad time.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55I know people have had worse experiences.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01And I'm happy that it's over and done with
0:27:01 > 0:27:07Will you always remember your first time? Yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08I don't care, at all.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Obviously me and my ex don't get along any more,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13but at the time, I did really like him and I did trust him.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Yeah. So did you feel relieved afterwards?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Not really. Well, no.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Because you know when people say when
0:27:20 > 0:27:23you're a virgin, you're like, "Oh, I really need to lose it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25But then afterwards, you're like, "That was nothing.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Yeah. That's exactly how I felt Afterwards, I was like...
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Like it was overrated?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Yeah, it's so overrated.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Obviously, it's enjoyable, but it was still like...
0:27:34 > 0:27:36No sparks.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38It was just "whatever". It happened.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Are you excited? To get my results?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Yeah. I would be.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46It's not, like, bothered me that much
0:27:46 > 0:27:49up until now, like, thinking about it.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Like...
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I have trust in the person that he didn't have anything
0:27:53 > 0:27:58and if I find out that I do, I will lose so much respect for them.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Even though we have had our differences, like,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I'd, literally, go crazy.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I see myself as a safe person, I'm not stupid,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I don't do stupid things.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Yeah.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12It'd be just mortifying if it happened to me. I'd just like..
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I don't actually know a lot about HIV,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19but, personally, it doesn't worry me that much.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23I know it should, but, like, cos I'm new to the whole thing
0:28:23 > 0:28:27the gay thing, it's just, like. . It's not something that
0:28:27 > 0:28:30you want to be thinking about, it's quite off-putting.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34If I got summat from it, as it was my first time,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36I'd be...
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I'd be, literally, gutted.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42It's the worst-case scenario, ever.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Joel is now on his way to get his results.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I'm going to go to Morrison's, get my hair dye and then I'm going
0:28:49 > 0:28:52to dye my hair and if it goes orange, I'm going to dye it again.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09As well as swabbing genitals, taking bloods
0:29:09 > 0:29:12and administering jabs, sexual health staff
0:29:12 > 0:29:16must also make calls to the ex-partners of infected patients.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18It's Michelle from the sexual health clinic in Leeds.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Are you OK to talk?
0:29:20 > 0:29:26One patient who's received that call is 25-year-old Slovakian, David
0:29:26 > 0:29:30I'm from Slovakia. I'm not used to protection. Slovakia is smaller
0:29:30 > 0:29:33so we don't have so much
0:29:33 > 0:29:36transmitted diseases, like there in the UK.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Patient notification is a massive part of our job.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42We can only get in touch with somebody else
0:29:42 > 0:29:45if they give them permission.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46And then it's anonymously, in't it?
0:29:46 > 0:29:50They might get a text or something. We would never mention people's names.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53It's a very simple process of, if we can get a phone number
0:29:53 > 0:29:55off somebody and make a phone call on their behalf,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58just to say, "We believe you've been in contact with
0:29:58 > 0:30:01"a sexually-transmitted infection and we'd like you to come down
0:30:01 > 0:30:03"and get yourself checked out. A lot of the times
0:30:03 > 0:30:08people will say, "Can I ask who's given you that information?" We can't say.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09We're not at liberty to say,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11cos it's important that we protect confidentiality
0:30:11 > 0:30:14People who are contacts, we try and make a priority to see 'em
0:30:14 > 0:30:16you know, that they're not waiting about
0:30:16 > 0:30:18cos they might have an infection.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20David?
0:30:21 > 0:30:26David's had sexual contact with someone infected with syphilis.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I received a text that I should be tested for syphilis,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34so I think this will be the first, but, you know,
0:30:34 > 0:30:39I'm here, so test me for anything. We'll do the whole shebang.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Have you noticed any discharge or anything leaking out of your penis? No. No? OK.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Any ulcers...? Sores? Sores, yeah?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49It could be around the penis, in the mouth,
0:30:49 > 0:30:50anything at all that you've noticed?
0:30:50 > 0:30:54No. No. OK. Do you use condoms
0:30:54 > 0:30:55No. Why not?
0:30:56 > 0:30:57I'm not used to it. Well, you need to be used to it
0:30:57 > 0:31:07I know. So can I get you to come up to the couch?
0:31:07 > 0:31:08You all right?
0:31:08 > 0:31:09It's tickling!
0:31:11 > 0:31:14OK, it's just a little bit of moisture at the tip,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17so with this sample, it's just a little loop
0:31:17 > 0:31:19that just goes into the tip.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Might feel a little bit scratchy, and when you go to the toilet
0:31:22 > 0:31:22afterwards you might just feel it a little bit more than usual, OK?
0:31:23 > 0:31:26afterwards you might just feel it a little bit more than usual, OK?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30It's quick.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Aah! Aah.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Well done.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43David will have to wait a week
0:31:43 > 0:31:46before he learns his syphilitic fate.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50But his swabs are tested immediately for other STIs.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52And Jane has found a problem.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Lots and lots of pus.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56It could be that they've got chlamydia,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59but we can't see chlamydia under the microscope, it's too small
0:31:59 > 0:32:05A lot of pus is not a good sign so David isn't going home just yet.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07David.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14All right, David. How are you? Come on in.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Have a seat in the big blue chair.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19So, looking at your slides under the microscope,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21there's a significant number of pus cells.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24So, that shows that there is an infection there at the moment.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27In 70% of cases, it's usually chlamydia.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30OK? So I'm going to give you some treatment for chlamydia today. OK?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32This isn't a confirmation of chlamydia.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Like the syphilis, David will have to wait a week for that.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37But, as a precaution,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Tim is starting him on a course of medication.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45So, no sex for a week. That includes any heavy foreplay.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47You cannot get jiggy with it. All right?
0:32:49 > 0:32:56Now, I can only wait and take some tablets, to be sure, and no sex
0:32:56 > 0:32:59It would be hard, it will be hard.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09You know, we can pick syphilis up from people
0:33:09 > 0:33:11who have absolutely no symptoms
0:33:11 > 0:33:13and I think people think it is an infection that was around
0:33:13 > 0:33:18an awful long time ago, but it is on the increase, as are all infections,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21but obviously, not common, like chlamydia or anything,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23but it is on the increase and it is treatable.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Like, if you look back in history,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28they say how people went mad with syphilis. King Henry VIII had it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Were he mad? I don't know, towards end.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32I'm a bit mad.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34But I haven't got syphilis.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43It's a big moment for Joel.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46He's come back to the clinic to have a hepatitis B jab,
0:33:46 > 0:33:50but most importantly, receive his results.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52..dog bit me, so I had to get a hepatitis jab
0:33:52 > 0:33:54I don't think that's the same thing.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Or tetanus or whatever. Tet... Rabies.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Go on, Joel.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Good luck! Yeah, thanks.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Come on in. Got your dungarees on today.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Yeah!
0:34:11 > 0:34:15You're not a decorator are you No. I'm only joking. Right.
0:34:15 > 0:34:16So, remember, my name's Tim...
0:34:16 > 0:34:20So, Joel, I've come to give you your second hepatitis B injection.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Yeah. You're a bit wiser this time, you know what's coming this time.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Yeah, I do. But more importantly,
0:34:25 > 0:34:29you want your results from when you came on the 18th, don't you
0:34:29 > 0:34:31So, you'll be pleased to know that everything is negative,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34so your urine sample for chlamydia and gonorrhoea was negative. Yeah.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36And we did a swab from the back of your throat
0:34:36 > 0:34:39and from your rectum, and that's come back negative,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41and your HIV and syphilis, your blood sample, came back negative.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Good! So, congratulations. Thank you. A full house.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48You can sleep a little easier. Yeah. With a clear conscience.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49I can. Good man.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52This side? Yeah, this side, I had it the other side last time.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57OK. Sharp scratch, one, two, three.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Well done.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Thank you. All right mate. Thank you.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11See you later. See you later. Take care, bye-bye.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Hello!
0:35:15 > 0:35:17How did it go? Fantastic.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I'm negative for everything.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Woo!
0:35:23 > 0:35:25I'm happier than I thought I would be.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28it's nice to know that you're actually clean.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Can fist pump.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Eve's got all the pressure now
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I've already had it, she can have it.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35I think it's good going first.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53A new dawn in Leeds means a new day in the battle against STIs.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57And for Tony, it's not long until he gets his results.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59All right? Can I have one small breakfast
0:35:59 > 0:36:01and one large breakfast, please
0:36:01 > 0:36:05He's met up with best mate Hayden for a bit of nosh.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08We went back to mine, everyone went back there
0:36:08 > 0:36:10and everyone was just playing stupid games,
0:36:10 > 0:36:13like spin the bottle and shit like that, and...
0:36:13 > 0:36:17we were a bit drunk, and she, er ..
0:36:18 > 0:36:22..just, like, got in my bed and she goes, "Do you know what
0:36:22 > 0:36:25"I'm just going to give you head. I'm just going to suck your dick "
0:36:25 > 0:36:27and I was like, "All right, whatever."
0:36:27 > 0:36:31But she were a bit over-enthusiastic, man.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Right. It weren't good. Honestly. Someone bites your dick,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37you tell 'em to stop. She didn't bite it, if she'd bit it,
0:36:37 > 0:36:38it'd be a different story,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40I'd have been, like, "What the fuck you doing?"
0:36:40 > 0:36:43But, it was just, like, scraping, and I was thinking,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46"That's a bit weird, like." Well, I can handle it.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49But afterwards, mate, I looked at it and I thought,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52"Something's wrong with me, this girl's ruined me, man."
0:36:52 > 0:36:55When's the last time you banged someone, then?
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Quite a while ago, to be honest
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Did you use condoms? No. No?
0:37:00 > 0:37:05Why didn't you use any condoms though?
0:37:05 > 0:37:11Honestly. Just don't feel that good, innit?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Cos you sleep with them... I... ..dirty girls man.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16I don't sleep with no dirty girls, what you talking about, man?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18It's... That's...
0:37:18 > 0:37:19No, man, I'm a good boy.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Apparently, you should always wear a condom,
0:37:23 > 0:37:25even when you're getting a blow job.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26TONY SCOFFS
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Don't give me that face. I'll give you that face.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32It's ridiculous, innit?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Yeah. Who the fuck does that?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37No-one, mate. That's why there's so many problems.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41If I were diagnosed with something, I'd be gutted.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43That's why I'm stressing so much about it,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46I don't...I don't want to find that I've got something
0:37:46 > 0:37:47I've never used protection.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51But I've always been in a relationship with a girl.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54So, I've always felt safe.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55I'm shitting myself now.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Tony is far from alone when it comes to being nervous about STI tests.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Can you just write for me your name and date of birth on there, please?
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Thank you.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Some people are so embarrassed about being checked out
0:38:14 > 0:38:16they use a false name when they check in.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20A lot of people might just put "Steve" and surname declined.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23So, on the notes, it'll - yeah. .
0:38:23 > 0:38:27On the notes it'll actually say "Steve Declined."
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Billy Elliot or Tommy Cooper or ..
0:38:29 > 0:38:31It's usually lads - don't they
0:38:31 > 0:38:35They usually give some sort of. . Yeah. ..Mickey Mouse or... Yeah
0:38:35 > 0:38:40But then we've had a couple of women that have used, like, pop star names
0:38:40 > 0:38:43like Beyonce and...Jordan, stuff like that.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46I think the men are worse. David Beckham.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48That's what I just said, men are worse, yeah.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Yeah, it's not the real David Beckham.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51He didn't have golden balls.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56But there are some people who don't dare check in, at all
0:38:58 > 0:39:02So, Dr Nadia is preparing to take the clinic out on the road.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14and we've got some flavoured ones, as well, so, like, apple,
0:39:14 > 0:39:16strawberries and bananas.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19It's, basically, about information, testing and free condoms.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Today she's joining forces with a sexual health charity,
0:39:25 > 0:39:29to spread the word among men from the local African community.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35HIV infection, it's well known to be a higher prevalence
0:39:35 > 0:39:37in the Afro-Caribbean community
0:39:37 > 0:39:41That is why we tend to focus our outreach works
0:39:41 > 0:39:46to get hold of the people that are now really sure what to believe in,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48so it will be quite good to try and burst some of these myths
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and facts, as well, when we go and see them,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53so it should be really exciting
0:39:53 > 0:39:56and, you know, I'm quite looking forward to it
0:39:59 > 0:40:03And she's hoping that a local Sunday morning football tournament...
0:40:07 > 0:40:11..is the perfect place to tackle fears about the clinic.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15And you just have a read, cos.. I might ask some questions, as well.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Yeah. About the confidentiality of the whole process.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Uh-huh. Cos I might not want to find, like, my information somewhere
0:40:22 > 0:40:23maybe on the internet... No, no
0:40:23 > 0:40:25It's a very sensitive issue... No, I mean...
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I can really assure you, some people even come
0:40:28 > 0:40:30and, like, give a different name, not that we encourage it,
0:40:30 > 0:40:34but, you know, your information is confidential.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37We are as secure as the White House, I can tell you.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41All right, cheers. All right, take care now. Take care.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45With confidentiality worries put to one side...
0:40:45 > 0:40:47So, you just pass some urine in there.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52..the interest in the testing kits picks up.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Where do you get these tests done? We do, like, some postal kits. Yeah.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57So, you just open it and, you know, pass the urine in
0:40:57 > 0:41:00and then fill your name in and put it in the post.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Condoms? That's fine. And we do, like, some lube, as well.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05I'll take some. Perfect. Yeah.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07All right, take care now, bye.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10It's a good idea to have them starter packs,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12they won't go out the house to get tested,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15they're nervous, so if you can do it at home, it's easier,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17then you can do your own stuff and your own business at home,
0:41:17 > 0:41:18no-one has to know.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I had chlamydia at one point, yeah, and I found out,
0:41:23 > 0:41:25and I had to, kind of, backtrack my partners
0:41:25 > 0:41:28and try tell 'em, just in case any of them had it, as well,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30so, you know, kind of embarrassing.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36But it's not just chlamydia tests on offer.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Are you consenting to HIV testing today? Yeah.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44The sexual health charity MESMAC are offering rapid tests
0:41:44 > 0:41:47for the life-changing infection HIV.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51The last time I had an HIV test was about four months ago
0:41:51 > 0:41:54and I've slept with someone since then,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57so I just want to check it out right now.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Hopefully, everything's all right.
0:41:59 > 0:42:0420-year-old Bongs is one of the first to take the opportunity.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07It's always nerve-racking, because you never know what to expect.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10It's, like, you won't see it right now, but inside, I'm just shaking.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12If you just slightly relax.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Short, sharp scratch, are you ready? Yeah.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26Having unprotected sex just once may be enough to contract HIV
0:42:26 > 0:42:30and, within 20 minutes, Bongs will find out
0:42:30 > 0:42:33if he's caught the life-changing virus.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37So, how are you feeling now, waiting? Um, nervous, now.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41You know, waiting is just the worst part about it. Mm. Yeah.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46It's a good time to reflect, isn't it? Yeah, definitely.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Definitely!
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Nice break, that.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Tony's results are due today
0:42:59 > 0:43:03and he's hoping a friendly game of pool will take his mind off it.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09What would you rather have, if you had a disease or infection?
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Oh, I don't know. Crabs. Crabs
0:43:11 > 0:43:14You can just get rid of it. That's shit, man.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17It's still a...sexually-transmitted infection, innit?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19So...I don't know, man.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Do you reckon it's going to be all right? Yeah, course it is!
0:43:22 > 0:43:24You know for a fact?
0:43:24 > 0:43:27I don't know for a fact, no. I don't know for a fact.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30One fact Tony is sure of is that he's never used a condom,
0:43:30 > 0:43:34which means he's at risk of contracting all STIs.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36In your head, you think you've got something, don't you
0:43:36 > 0:43:37Yeah, I do, yeah. Yeah, I knew you did.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39You think you've got... I'm shitting myself.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42You reckon you've got chlamydia No, I don't... I don't know,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45I don't even fucking know what chlamydia is. I'm stressed as fuck.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48PHONE CHIMES Is that a text? That's a text
0:43:50 > 0:43:51Ohh...
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Oh, let's have a look. Read it Do you want me to read it for you?
0:43:57 > 0:44:00Just unlock it man, I'll read it. Don't be a pussy.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Click it.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08INTAKE OF BREATH
0:44:08 > 0:44:12Anthony, all your results from your recent visit are...
0:44:12 > 0:44:13negative.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Yeah!
0:44:15 > 0:44:17That's it!
0:44:17 > 0:44:18Oosh!
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Actually, I'm all right now. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26Chilled out, now. That was fucking stressful.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27THEY LAUGH
0:44:27 > 0:44:29I'm negative. "I'm negative."
0:44:29 > 0:44:33I'm over the fucking moon. Honestly, I'm...
0:44:33 > 0:44:35I'm ecstatic.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40Look at me, I mean, am I glowing? Yeah. I feel like I'm glowing.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Yeah. No, I'm happy.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43Give me some.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44Oosh!
0:44:44 > 0:44:46You fucking bastard.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49I mean, now I've been to the clinic and I've got...
0:44:49 > 0:44:52I've got a fucking closet-worth of fucking condoms,
0:44:52 > 0:44:54I think I'll... I think... I think I'll...
0:44:54 > 0:44:56I'll use a few.
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Well, if I get the chance!
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Do you reckon you could use that as, like, a pick-up line?
0:45:00 > 0:45:01You all right, love?
0:45:01 > 0:45:04You ever been with a guy that's all clear, yeah? Yeah.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05No?
0:45:05 > 0:45:08Tonight's your lucky night, then. Check out this text.
0:45:26 > 0:45:2925-year-old David is awaiting his STI results
0:45:29 > 0:45:33and, specifically, if he has syphilis.
0:45:34 > 0:45:39Effects, if left untreated, syphilis can eventually cause damage to
0:45:39 > 0:45:45the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones and joints.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Oh, what are joints?
0:45:49 > 0:45:51David prefers one-night stands
0:45:51 > 0:45:55and he hooks up with most of them online.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00I went to the website because I was bored and horny.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05This one particular website is good when you want to...
0:46:05 > 0:46:09When you want to have sex, but when you want to make friends, er,
0:46:09 > 0:46:12and just go outside and speak and chat and blah-blah,
0:46:12 > 0:46:13it's absolutely useless.
0:46:15 > 0:46:16Usually, when I go...
0:46:17 > 0:46:19fuck somebody,
0:46:19 > 0:46:22I ask, "Do you have something?
0:46:22 > 0:46:25"Are you tested?" blah-blah-blah, and everybody says no.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31I can't have any proof... "Show me your results"
0:46:31 > 0:46:35or something like that. It's impossible, that's... No.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40But now one of David's one-night stands has tested
0:46:40 > 0:46:42positive for syphilis,
0:46:42 > 0:46:45he'll have to return to the clinic to find out
0:46:45 > 0:46:46if he's also been infected.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Back at the football tournament Bongs has been
0:47:04 > 0:47:09waiting for his HIV result and he's taking the time to reflect.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Cos they don't want to
0:47:20 > 0:47:23be seen in that sort of environment and stuff.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26Cos when someone sees them, "Oh, you just went to, oh,
0:47:26 > 0:47:30"sexual health clinic, probably he's got this, probably he's got that."
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Something, yeah. Yeah.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34But then, probably, as you grow, you just don't mind,
0:47:34 > 0:47:37cos it's just about your health
0:47:37 > 0:47:39It doesn't matter what people say.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44After 20 minutes, the result is ready.
0:47:47 > 0:47:52As you can see, there's control lines there,
0:47:52 > 0:47:56so it's worked correctly, and these two windows are clear
0:47:56 > 0:48:00so we're happy in saying that that's an HIV negative test today.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Yeah, I can breathe now.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Can breathe, taken about two hours to check it out,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06but you know, I can breathe.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09That 20 minutes just felt like two hours.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17I just went to go do the test, you know.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21Everything's all right. Everything's all right. Told you it was all right.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23I was just jumping around, you know, even though it
0:48:23 > 0:48:26took about two hours, you know I was just jumping around.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27No, I'm joking, just 20 minutes
0:48:27 > 0:48:30Yeah, it's been a really fantastic day, you know,
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I really got the message across and, you know,
0:48:32 > 0:48:35people have really responded, even like much better than we thought.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39Our box of postal kits is almost empty and the condoms, as well
0:48:39 > 0:48:41so it's been a really good day
0:48:41 > 0:48:42As we said,
0:48:42 > 0:48:45there are people that are hard to reach. Some people, you know
0:48:45 > 0:48:48don't even know that the clinic exists, so that is why it's
0:48:48 > 0:48:51important to get out into the community, into the grass roots
0:48:51 > 0:48:55tell people about us and, hopefully, they go and tell their friends as well.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21I'm dangerous. So am I.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Joel has recently had his results and he's all clear.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Today, it's Eve's turn.
0:49:28 > 0:49:34'I'd tell my mum, I'd tell my sister and then I'd tell my ex-boyfriend.'
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Oh, I've been put off.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39'I saw him the other day, I think, a couple of weeks ago
0:49:39 > 0:49:41'and I said to him, "I'm getting an STI test", and he was like,
0:49:41 > 0:49:45"OK, well, text me the results" and I was like, "Well, I will.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49What if they do come back, like, positive?
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Well, I'm going to get it sorted straight away,
0:49:51 > 0:49:52I'll be obviously upset,
0:49:52 > 0:49:58but because it's treatable, I'll be OK.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Are you sure? I'll just be really angry with my ex, that's all. Yeah.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04I am actually getting a bit nervous now. Are you actually?
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Yeah, because they haven't texted me yet and I hope they don't
0:50:06 > 0:50:10ring me like, "Eve, it's serious", and I'm like, "Fuck off, bye."
0:50:10 > 0:50:12Shit! Shut up.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15No, but it's stupid, because if you did, then it'd...
0:50:15 > 0:50:16No, and if I did...
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Like, people have a reality shock, like, cos they're a slut,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22but you're actually not, so it'll be just like stupid.
0:50:22 > 0:50:23Yeah, exactly.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24PHONE CHIMES
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Oh, my God, I got a text.
0:50:27 > 0:50:32Eve, this text is to confirm all your results are negative.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Whoo!
0:50:34 > 0:50:36HE CHUCKLES
0:50:36 > 0:50:40We're all clear. All clear. I'm pretty happy.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42I'm really happy actually.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45You're not a slut, after all. Yay!
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Right, who do I call first? It's over.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Do I call my ex or do I call me mum?
0:50:51 > 0:50:52That's if he answers the phone
0:50:52 > 0:50:54HE CHUCKLES
0:50:54 > 0:50:57You need to tell him that you've got something.
0:50:57 > 0:50:58Hi, it's Eve.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I've been to the STI clinic
0:51:03 > 0:51:05and it's all clear, so you don't have anything, either.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10It's all right, I'll speak to you later. Bye.
0:51:10 > 0:51:20Well, I won't speak to you later, actually, bye.
0:51:20 > 0:51:24'I feel absolutely wonderful that my test results were negative,
0:51:24 > 0:51:26'I felt so good about it.'
0:51:26 > 0:51:28It's like a reality check. At first, you're just like,
0:51:28 > 0:51:32"Oh, it's fine, they'll be all right, I never get something",
0:51:32 > 0:51:35but then when it comes to the moment you're like, "What if I do?"
0:51:35 > 0:51:39I'd still definitely use condoms all the time. Like, condoms
0:51:39 > 0:51:43are a must, unless you know somebody is a virgin when you meet them
0:51:43 > 0:51:47It sounds a bit silly but, you know, cos if you only just meet somebody,
0:51:47 > 0:51:51you just don't know - they could be a serial killer, for all you know.
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Down on the Devon coast,
0:52:04 > 0:52:07single mum Annie is awaiting news from the clinic.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13'If it's not fine, I'll be really shocked.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17'I think I've always got lucky, really.'
0:52:17 > 0:52:19I've never had anything before
0:52:19 > 0:52:23but, you know, there's always that chance that I could have something,
0:52:23 > 0:52:27like when I got pregnant with Jonah, I could've easily had an STI
0:52:27 > 0:52:30or an STD, but luckily for me, I got Jonah instead.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Hello.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37PHONE: 'Hello, can I speak to Annie please?' Yeah, that's me.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41'Annie, hello, it's Fiona. I'm phoning from the walk-in centre.' Yeah.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45'Hello, are you OK to talk for a moment?' Yeah, that's fine.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51'So we did a swab test to check for gonorrhoea and chlamydia
0:52:51 > 0:52:55'so that's all fine, and we did a blood test to check for HIV
0:52:55 > 0:52:58'and syphilis and that's fine, as well. OK?' Brilliant.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59'So it's all all right.'
0:52:59 > 0:53:02Thanks, bye. 'OK, take care, bye-bye.'
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Yay!
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Happy.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Definitely.
0:53:11 > 0:53:17I think from now on, 100% protection all the way.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Whoo!
0:53:29 > 0:53:32It's Friday and David's wait is over.
0:53:32 > 0:53:37Today, he'll find out if he has syphilis or any other STI.
0:53:37 > 0:53:38Is it David? Yeah.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Yeah, take a seat in the waiting room on level one upstairs.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44OK, thank you. Thank you.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47I was looking at a lot of websites
0:53:47 > 0:53:51and they are quite nasty things
0:53:51 > 0:53:54Not good to have anything from that.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58But definitely syphilis is still better than HIV.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02Health adviser Jane is giving David his results.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05So, come in, David. Yeah. Just take a seat where you like
0:54:07 > 0:54:10So, David, I'm Jane, one of the health advisors.
0:54:10 > 0:54:14You came and had some tests done last week. Mm-hmm.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17We found what we call non-specific urethritis
0:54:17 > 0:54:20when you were here and we gave you some tablets.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21Well, your results have come back
0:54:21 > 0:54:25and we have confirmed that to be chlamydia.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28We've looked for syphilis and that's come back negative. Mm-hmm.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31The good news is David doesn't have syphilis,
0:54:31 > 0:54:34but the bad news is he does have chlamydia.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38But the good news is that it's all cleared up.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39I had chlamydia.
0:54:39 > 0:54:46And I was taking pills for one week, so I'm treated.
0:54:46 > 0:54:52I could be also angry at this partner which I have this from,
0:54:52 > 0:54:57but I'm not, I don't care. Live your life and just forget
0:55:01 > 0:55:05That's the end of Friday, thank goodness, now it's the weekend
0:55:05 > 0:55:08So it's now time to start cleaning everything down.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12We like to keep our standards high, make sure everything's clean.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Take these back.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Go in the lab.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21Have a good night, bye. Bye. Bye.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Go home.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Bye, everyone, see you later. Bye, guys, see you next week.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32I don't feel too demoralised that, come Monday morning,
0:55:32 > 0:55:35we've got as many people waiting to be treated again.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37It's keeping me in a job.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Don't want to be too successful
0:55:39 > 0:55:44No, but ultimately, I'm in the job to help people, make people better.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46You know, we are going to be a busy clinic.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49I always think we will be a busy clinic, one way or another.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53But you just hope you can educate people on the way
0:55:53 > 0:55:55and save a few souls.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05The week is over, the daily battle is done,
0:56:05 > 0:56:09but the war on STIs can never be won.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15I look forward to going home. My brain feels a bit fuzzy now. Huh.
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