WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PEP?

Where do I get PEP?

In Melbourne, the fastest and easiest way to get PEP is to go to the Accident and Emergency Department at the Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Prahran (9276 2600).

Business Hours:

• Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinic (9276-2600)
  Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

After Hours:

• Emergency Department

You can also get PEP from:

Carlton Clinic
88 Rathdowne Street
Carlton 3053
Ph: 9347-9422

Centre Clinic
Rear 77 Fitzroy St
St Kilda
9525-5866

Centre Clinic
42 Separation St
Northcote
9481-7155
 

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
580 Swanston Street
Carlton 3053
Ph: 9347-0244

Middle Park Clinic
41 Armstrong St
Middle Park
9699-4626

Prahran Market Clinic
131 Commercial Road
South Yarra 3141
Ph: 9826-4500

PEP Services Nationally

ACT

PEP in the ACT available during business hours:
Canberra Sexual Health Centre 02 6244 2184.
After Hours Accident and Emergency Departments:
Canberra Hospital, Woden 02 6244 2222
Calvary Hospital, Bruce 02 6201 6111

NSW

PEP Hotline: 1800 737 669

Business hours:
Albion Street Centre Tel: 02 9332 9600, 1800 451 600
Albury Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6058 1800
Australasian College of Sexual Health Physicians Tel: 02 9382 7457
Bligh Street Clinic Tel: 02 6766 3095
Blue Mountains Sexual Health/HIV Clinic Tel: 02 4784 6560
Bourke Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6872 2145
Broken Hill Sexual Health Tel: 08 8080 1556/8080 1609
Campbelltown Community Health Centre Tel: 02 9977 3288
Canterbury Sexual Health Centre Tel: 02 9718 7655, 02 9560 3057

Central Coast Area Health Service - HIV and Sexual Health Service
PO Box 361
GOSFORD
NSW AUSTRALIA 2250
Fax: 02 4367 5911

Coffs Harbour Sexual Health Clinic (Clinic 916) Tel: 02 6656 7865
Cooma Community Health Centre Tel: 02 6455 3201
Dareton Community Health Centre Tel: 03 5021 7200
Deniliquin Sexual Health Service Tel: 03 5881 9690
Eden Community Health Centre Tel: 02 6496 1436
Forster Sexual Health Service - Lakes Clinic Tel: 02 6555 6822
Goulburn Sexual Health and Hepatitis C Service Tel: 02 4827 3913
Grafton Community Health Tel: 02 6640 2402
Griffith Community and Mental Health Centre Tel: 02 6966 9900
Hawkesbury Sexual Health and HIV Clinic Tel: 02 4578 1622
Holden Street Clinic Tel: 02 4320 2114
Illawarra Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 4276 2399
Kempsey Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6562 6066
Kirketon Road Centre Tel: 02 9360 2766
Lightning Ridge Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6829 1022
Lismore Sexual Health Service – SHAIDS Tel: 02 6620 2980
Liverpool Sexual Health Centre Tel: 02 9827 8022
Livingstone Road Sexual Health Centre Tel: 02 9560 3057
Luxford Road Sexual Health Clinic Tel: 02 9881 1733
Macquarie Area Sexual Health Tel: 02 6841 2480, Free Call 1800 851 700
Manly Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 9977 3288
Moruya Community Health Centre - Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 4474 1561
Narooma Community Health Centre Tel: 02 4476 2344
Nepean Sexual Health & HIV Clinic Tel: 02 4734 2507
Newcastle Sexual Health Clinic Tel: 02 4923 6909
Northern Sydney Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 9926 7414
Orange Sexual Health Clinic Tel: 02 6392 8600 / 1800 816 925
Outreach Clinic ACON Tel: 02 4927 6808
Outreach Clinic Cessnock Tel: 02 4991 0438
Outreach Clinic FPA Health Tel: 02 4929 4485
Parramatta Sexual Health Centre Tel: 02 9843 3124
Port Macquarie Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6588 2750
Queanbeyan Community Health Centre - Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6298 9233
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Women and Babies / Sexual Health Tel: 02 9515 8984
Rozelle Hospital - Sexual Health Clinic Tel: 02 9556 9189
RPAH Women and Babies Tel: 02 9560 3057
Shoalhaven Sexual Health Clinic Tel: 02 4423 9353
Short Street Centre Tel: 02 9350 2742
Southern Area Sexual Health/Hepatitis C Service Tel: 02 6124 9922
Sutherland Sexual Health Clinic Tel: 02 9540 7226
Sydney Sexual Health Centre Tel: 02 9382 7440, 1800 451 624 (Outside Sydney)
Taree Sexual Health Service - Manning Clinic Tel: 02 6592 9421
Taylor Square Private Clinic Tel: 02 9331 6151 The Clinic - Ward 117 Tel: 02 9650 3057
The Lakes Clinic Tel: 02 6555 6822
The Sanctuary Tel: 02 9560 3057
Tierney, Dr Trevor Tel: 02 6665 1216
Tweed Valley Sexual Health Service - Clinic 145 Tel: 07 55 066 850
Wagga Wagga Sexual Health Service Tel: 02 6938 6492
Wentworth/Balranald Sexual Health Service Tel: 03 5021 7200

After hours:
Accident and Emergency Departments at Local Public Hospitals

NT

Clinic 34 (Royal Darwin Hospital) - 8922 8007

QLD

Gay & Lesbian Friendly Medical Clinics
Central Brunswick Street Medical Centre (Brisbane) – 3852 2733
Gladstone Road Medical Centre (Brisbane) – 3844 9599
Stonewall Medical Centre (Brisbane) - 3857 1222

Government Sexual Health & HIV Clinics
AIDS Medical Unit (Brisbane) - 3224 5526
Brisbane North Sexual Health Clinic - 3227 8666
Brisbane South Sexual Health Clinic - 3240 5881
Cairns Sexual Health Clinic - 4050 6205
Gold Coast Hospital HIV Clinic - 5571 8211
Gold Coast Sexual Health Clinic - 5576 9033
Ipswich Sexual Health Clinic - 3817 2428
Logan Sexual Health Clinic - 3240 5881
Mackay Sexual Health Clinic - 4968 3919
Mt Isa Sexual Health Clinic - 4744 4805
Palm Island Sexual Health Clinic - 4752 5100
Redcliffe Sexual Health Clinic - 3883 7300
Sunshine Coast Sexual Health Clinic - 5441 2459
Thursday Island Sexual Health Clinic - 4069 0413
Townsville Sexual Health Clinic - 4778 9600
Toowoomba Sexual Health (Kobi House) – 4616 6446
Rockhampton Sexual Health Clinic - 4920 6262
Wide Bay Sexual Health - 4150 2754

Accident and Emergency Departments at Major Public Hospitals

SA

Please contact The Aids Council South Australian for information
Phone: (08) 8334 1611 Free Call: 1800 888 559

Tasmania

Please contact The Tasmanian Council on AIDS, Hepatitis & Related Diseases for information,
phone: (03) 6234 1242, Information & Support Line: 1800 005 900

WA

PEP line on 1300 767 161

You can get PEP from metropolitan sexual health clinics, from GPs who specialise in HIV/AIDS, and from some hospital Emergency Departments around WA.
Royal Perth Hospital Sexual Health Clinic hours:
8:00am to 4:00pm (Monday to Friday)

Fremantle Hospital Sexual Health Service hours:
9:00am to 4:00pm (Monday to Friday)

After hours (4:00pm to midnight weekdays), and public holidays and weekends:
Ring 1300 767 161, and you may be referred directly to an Infectious Diseases Consultant or an Immunology Registrar.

What will they ask me?

When you ask for PEP a registry nurse will need to ask you questions about what happened to make you think you've been exposed to HIV. It is important to be honest and accurate - they are there to help you, not to judge you and the information will help them to assess the seriousness of the situation.

If you are worried that you were exposed to HIV because of injecting drug use they will ask you:

• Did you know the person you shared the needle with?
• Do you know if that person has HIV?

If you are worried that you were exposed to HIV because of a sexual encounter they will ask you:

• What kind of sex was involved? Was it oral or anal sex?
• If it was anal sex, did they fuck you or did you fuck them?
• Did either of you cum inside the other?
• If it was oral sex, did they suck you or did you suck them?
• Did either of you cum in the other person's mouth?
• Did anything else happen that you were worried about?

Although the risk of getting HIV from oral sex is generally extremely low, doctors do sometimes give PEP when a person thinks they have been exposed to HIV through oral sex, depending on the circumstances.

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