Lanarkshire
All of our services are available on self-referral and are confidential. We will never share your information without your consent. Choose from the options below to find out more about the services we offer.
HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing
Our dried blood spot testing is free, easy and confidential. Book an appointment now to access our testing services.
Minority Ethnic Health
We offer community-based services and support for people from minority ethnic communities.
Free infant formula milk programme
Our free infant formula milk programme is available to all new or expecting parents living with HIV in Lanarkshire.
Dried blood spot testing
Waverley Care offers free and confidential dried blood test testing for HIV and hepatitis B and C.
This type of test requires a tiny drop of blood from your finger to be rubbed on a sample card. The sample card is sent to a lab to be tested, with the test results taking between 2 and 3 weeks to come back.
Read more about dried blood spot testing here.
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Minority Ethnic Health Services
Our community-based services aim to raise awareness of HIV in minority ethnic communities, focusing on promoting good sexual health, getting people tested and preventing HIV transmission.
For people living with HIV, we provide a range of support services to help you in whatever ways you need.
Find out more about our work with minority ethnic communities.
One to one support
Our confidential and non-judgemental one to one services for African communities are designed to help people living with HIV enjoy good health and wellbeing.
We can provide advice and support with issues such as:
- Talking to partners,
- Accessing treatment,
- Attending appointments related to HIV treatment and care or sexual health,
- Challenging stigma or discussing faith and HIV,
- Signposting to help with things like immigration questions.
HIV prevention
If you are worried about your HIV risk our support services can provide you with:
- Information and advice on HIV,
- Information and access to PrEP,
- Access to confidential, community-based HIV testing.
Sexual health
Alongside HIV-specific prevention work, we also work to promote good sexual health. We can provide information, advice and support around a range of issues including:
- Accessing free condoms from local venues,
- Accessing local sexual health services and testing for sexually transmitted infections,
- Talking to your partner about condom use and sex,
- Support with reporting domestic abuse.
Get support
If you would rather get in touch by phone, please call 0141 332 2520.
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To prevent the transmission of HIV to newborn babies, official guidelines recommend that people living with HIV do not breast/chestfeed and instead exclusively formula feed their babies.
However, formula milk is an expensive option that some parents struggle to afford. Commonly available powdered formulas can cost anything from £30-£60 per month depending on the brand and that’s before you factor in the additional costs of bottles and sterilisers.
To overcome this barrier, Waverley Care can provide free formula milk for babies from birth up to age one.
We provide
- 4 tins of formula a month for the first year of baby’s life,
- Free bottles and sterilising equipment,
- Flexible collection and delivery options,
- Free and confidential support services.
How to access
If you are living with HIV and are pregnant, speak to your HIV specialist nurse about a referral or get in touch with us for information and advice.