{"id":23,"date":"2024-05-01T16:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/pharmacy-services\/chlamydia-testing-treatment\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T11:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:22:31","slug":"chlamydia-testing-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/pages\/pharmacy-services\/chlamydia-testing-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlamydia\/Gonorrhoea Testing &amp; Chlamydia Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim of this service is to provide testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea, with treatment of Chlamydia infection where appropriate, and signposting to specialist sexual health service for Gonorrhoea treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/6041\/v30-chlamydia-testing-and-treatment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/V7.0-Chlamydia-Testing-Treatment.pdf\" title=\"V7.0 Chlamydia Testing &amp; Treatment\" class=\"link-to-media\">Chlamydia\/Gonorrhoea Testing and Treatment&nbsp;Service Specification<\/a> &#8211; Expires February 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/STI-Testing-and-Treatment-Flowchart.docx\" title=\"STI Testing and Treatment Flowchart\" class=\"link-to-media\">Chlamydia\/Gonorrhoea Testing and Treatment&nbsp;Flowchart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/pages\/patient-group-directions\/\">Chlamydia Treatment PGDs &amp; Assessment Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Guidance-on-Completing-Yellow-Form.png\" title=\"Guidance on Completing Yellow Form\" class=\"link-to-media\">Example on How To Complete the Yellow Microbiology Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To order STI testing kits or arrange staff training, please contact:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:aa-uhb.shbbv@aapct.scot.nhs.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aa-uhb.shbbv@aapct.scot.nhs.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reduce waste, 3 kits will be sent to your pharmacy as standard.\u00a0Please note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>swabs\/sample fluid<\/strong>\u00a0in the kits have an expiry date\u00a0\u2013 please ensure you check the date on these before providing to patients. When these expire, please dispose of them appropriately. To reduce waste, do not throw away all contents of the kit in this instance, and instead email <a href=\"mailto:aa-uhb.shbbv@aapct.scot.nhs.uk\"><u>aa-uhb.shbbv@aapct.scot.nhs.uk<\/u><\/a> to request a new supply of swabs to add to your existing kit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contractor payment for this service is via NHS AA Monthly Claim Form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">The aim of this service is to provide testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea, with treatment of Chlamydia infection where appropriate, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/1265"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}