Updated 20 December 2019
Brook Bristol is operated by Brook Young People which has provided confidential sexual health services, support and advice to children and young people for the past 45 years. The service works in partnership with the local acute NHS trust and other providers to deliver an integrated sexual health service for children and young people living in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Brook Bristol is located within the city centre and provides 24 to 30 clinics a month, spread over six days a week. The service also provides weekly outreach clinics in 13 schools and colleges across Bristol and the surrounding areas.
Brook Bristol is recognised as a level two contraception and sexual health service (CASH). The Department of Health’s National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV for England 2001 set out what services should be provided at each recognised level. As a level two service, Brook Bristol provides contraception, emergency contraception, condom distribution, screening for infections and treatment of chlamydia and herpes, pregnancy testing, long acting reversible contraception (LARC) implant insertion and removal and intrauterine device (IUD) insertion and removal, termination of pregnancy referrals and counselling. Young people presenting with sexually transmitted infections other than chlamydia and herpes are referred to an alternative level three CASH service in Bristol for treatment.
The service primarily serves the communities of Bristol but also accepts young people who attend from outside this area.
At the time of the inspection, a new manager had recently been appointed and was registered with the CQC in May 2019. This was an interim arrangement until a full time clinical manager could be recruited and appointed.