The fpa Helpline Sexual Health Direct - Tel: 0845 122 8690 - is open Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm. It provides confidential advice on contraception and sexual health. The fpa helpline keeps a list of trained fertility awareness practitioners working in NHS Primary Care in UK.
Find an NHS fertility awareness practitioner in your area:
Practitioners listed below are health professionals in NHS Clinics trained and supported by Fertility UK to teach fertility awareness methods. All services are free, unless otherwise specified. A few independent pratitioners who charge a fee are also listed. Please ask for an appointment for fertility awareness / NFP with the named practitioner. Scroll down to find co-ordinators for Scotland and Wales.
All practitioners are responsible for their own continuing professional development. Fertility UK does not accept liability for individual practitioners.
| Area/County | City/Town | Clinic Address | Clinic No. | Practitioner Name |
| North West Region | ||||
| Cheshire | Warrington | Garven Place Family Planning Clinic Garven Place,Sankey Street, |
01925 644217 | Gail Hampal |
| Lancashire | Blackpool | Hawes Side Clinic
Crompton Avenue Blackpool FY4 3LQ |
01253 651992 | Cath Shelley |
| Lancashire | Heysham | Heysham Health Centre Middleton Way, LA3 2LL |
01524 850802 or 853858 | Debra Fern (weekdays) |
| Lancaster | Ashton Community Care Centre Pointer Court, off Ashton Road, LA1 4JT |
01524 387400 or 387401 | Debra Fern (Mon.eve) | |
| Lancashire | Burscough | Burscough Health Centre, Lord St
L40 4LA |
01704 892555 | Liz Dobson |
| Skelmersdale | Skelmersdale | Sandy Lane Family Planning Clinic, Sandy Lane Health Centre
WN8 8LA |
01695 727186 | Liz Dobson |
| Liverpool | Liverpool | Abacus, 40 -46 dale street
L2 5SF |
01512842500 | Mary Wilson or Marion Stringer |
| Manchester | Salford | St James's House, Pendleton Way, M6 5FW |
0161 212 4854 | Toni Doyle |
| Yorkshire & North Derbyshire | ||||
| West Yorkshire | Leeds/Bradford | Leafield clinic King Lane Leeds 16 |
All appts via Burmantofts Clinic 0113 295 3359 | Margaret Tate |
| West Yorkshire | Harrogate | Harrogate |
01423 506848 or 0786 6235947 | Dr Evleen Mann |
| South Yorkshire | Sheffield | Gynaecology Outpatient clinic Jessop Wing, Treeroot Walk Sheffield S10 2SF |
Hellen's Voicemail 0114 2268142 or email hellen.joesbury@sth.nhs.uk | Hellen Joesbury Friday afternoons or at a mutually convenient time
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| South Yorkshire | Sheffield | School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Sheffield Bartolome House Winter Street Sheffield S3 7ND |
0114 2229838 | Dr Hilary Piercy |
| North Derbyshire | Chesterfield | Saltergate Health Centre Saltergate, S40 1SX |
01246 233191 ext. 4600 | Joan Davies or Hilary Piercy or leave message with Bernadette Joynes |
| Trent Region | ||||
| Leicestershire | Leicester | Family Planning Clinic St Peters Health Centre Sparkenhoe Street Leicester, LE2 0TA |
0116 2951212 | Kim Duffy |
| West Midlands Region | ||||
| Birmingham | Sutton Coldfield | linda.hayes@uce.ac.uk | Linda Hayes | |
| West Midlands | Wolverhampton | Contraception & Sexual Health Service Snow Hill Centre, 26A Snow Hill, WV2 4AD |
01902 444 444 | Wendy Moore |
| North Staffordshire | Stoke on Trent | Hanley Health Centre, Upper Huntbach Street, Hanley, ST1 2BN. |
01782 425120
Fri 09.30-11.30 Fortnightly |
Janet Beamon |
| Eastern Region | ||||
| Cambridge & Huntingdon | Cambridge | Cambridge Contraception and Sexual Health Service, The Laurels, 20 Newmarket Road, CB5 8DT | 08456 50 51 52 | Judy Sotudeh |
| London Region | ||||
| Herts | Barnet | Family Planning Clinic, Torrington Park Health Centre, 16 Torrington Park, North Finchley, N12 9SS |
020 8446 4201 Clinic: Monday 6.30-7.30pm Appts during FP clinic times |
Pauline Koral. |
| Middlesex | Harrow | Family Planning Dept, Caryl Thomas Clinic, Headstone Drive Wealdstone, HA1 4UQ |
020 8863 7004 |
Christine Francis |
| Middlesex | Staines Sunbury |
Staines Health Centre Knowle Green, TW18 1XD Sunbury clinic - arrange thro' Staines |
01784 883536 9am-5pm Message on ansaphone |
Jill Cox |
| Central London | London W1 | Zita West Clinics, 37 Manchester St. W1U 7LJ |
020 7224 0017 Wed & Sat by appt. Ask for charges |
Jane Knight (private consultations) NHS appts. in Oxford |
| Westside Contraceptive Services | London W10 | Raymede Clinic, St Charles Hospital, Exmoor street, W10 6DZ |
0208 962 4450 Ask for NFP appt. Wed. 9.30-12.30 | Grace Hicken |
| City & Hackney | London N1 | Central booking number | 020 7683 4103 or via Pager 0870 055 5500 ask for CHC285 | Nicola Jenkerson |
| Bexley & Kent | Kent DA11 | Family Planning Clinic Gravesend Hospital Bath Street, DA12 5TQ |
01474 360500 Call Monday evenings between
18:00-20:30
|
Ros Delaney |
| Lambeth & Southwark | London, SE5 | Kings College Hospital FP Clinic 100 Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS |
020 7346 5000 | Mavis Gbewony |
| London, SW8 | Mawby Brough Health Centre 39 Wilcox Close, SW8 2UD |
0207 411 5778 | Kate Sweny | |
Southwark |
Department of Reproductive Health St Giles Road, SE5 7RN |
0207 771 3330 | Sue Sanger | |
| Lewisham | Lewisham Primary Care Trust | Department of Sexual & Reproductive Health, Honor Oak Health Centre Turnham Road Brockley SE4 2LA | 020 7771 5730 | via team leader Rosie Jackson for appts with Rosie Jackson, Sue Sanger, Catharine Moniz, Fran Dolan, Amanda Scott |
| Westside Contraceptive Services | London, SW3 | Violett Melchett Clinic Flood Walk, SW3 | 020 8846 6540 | Pearl Wong |
| London SW7 | Emperor’s Gate Centre for Health 49 Emperor’s Gate, SW7, 4HJ |
020 8237 5353 | Pearl Wong | |
| Croydon | Family Planning Walk-in Centre 45 High Street, CRO 1QD |
020 8666 0555 ext 211 | Karin O’Sullivan or Dorette Osborne | |
| South East Region | ||||
| Northamptonshire | Kettering | Bodywise Clinic, Warren Hill Centre Kettering General Hospital, Rothwell Road | 01536 410647 | Blondell Bedward |
| Oxfordshire | Oxford | Bury Knowle Health Centre 207 London Road, Headington, OX3 9JA |
01865 761651 | Jane Knight |
| Berkshire | Reading | Private appts. Call for fees | 01189 417470 or 07905 398695 | Catherine Greaves |
| Glos, | Cirencester | The Park Surgery, Old Tetbury Road, GL7 1US | 01285 654733 | Dr Laura Patterson |
| Central South Region | ||||
| Portsmouth & SE Hampshire | Portsmouth | Ella Gordon Unit, St Mary's Hospital Milton Road, PO3 6AD |
020 9286 6301 | Julia Ward |
| Gosport | Cont & Sexual health services, Gosport Health Centre Bury Road, Po12 3PW |
02392 503000 | Donna Sherley | |
| Southampton | The Quays to Health, 27 Harbour Parade | 023 80388916 or 023 80388900 |
Pam Please or Lisa Mcdermott |
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| Southampton | Millbrook Clinic, 3 Cumbrian Way, |
023 8077 1948 Wed 6.00-7.30pm |
Maggie Duckett | |
| Dorset | Bournemouth | Winton Family Planning Clinic Alma Road, Winton | 01202 519311 | Dr Alison Vaughan |
| Bournemouth | Boscombe, Shelley Road | 01253 655315/655320 | Dr Alison Vaughan | |
| Poole | Carnford Heath, Poole | 01202 691520 | Dr Alison Vaughan | |
| Southern Region | ||||
| East Sussex, Brighton & Hove | Brighton | Morley Street Family Planning Clinic, Morley St., BN2 2RA |
01273 242091 | Julie Griffiths |
| South West Region | ||||
| Somerset | Bath | The Riverside Health Centre, James Street West, BA1 2BT |
01225 474242 | Anita Winter |
| Cornwall | Truro | Contraception & Sexual Health Service Health Office The Leats, TR1 3AH |
01872 354393 | Dr Sarah Ashley |
| SCOTLAND |
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| Strathclyde | Glasgow | Argyll |
01369 701566 or anneconway@tiscali.co.uk | Anne Conway [NFPTA trained] |
| West Lothian | Edinburgh | Mulberry House: Private clinic: call for fees |
0131 225 2012 or 07962 442074 |
Deidre Armstrong |
| Scottish Association is a separate organisation, teaching Billings Ovulation Method |
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| Glasgow | Scottish Association | 196 Clyde St. G1 4JY |
0141 221 0858 | Scottish Association |
| WALES |
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| Wales | National Coordinator | Colleen Norman |
02920754628 | NFPTA email: norman@cardiff.freeserve.co.uk |
| Natural Family Planning Teachers Association (NFPTA) is a separate organisation teaching sympto-thermal method (more than one indicator of fertility) |
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