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G U Medicine, general information.
The Clinic
The main clinic is located in Block 9, Catterick Barracks Bielefeld, above the medical center. The barracks is easily located on Detmolder Strasse, approximately 2 km from junction 27 of A2, follow B66 Bielefeld Zentrum. The clinic is staffed by male and female health care professionals, who have expertise and experience in caring for those who have, suspect they have, or require exclusion of, sexually acquired and related conditions.
All individuals attending the clinic are cared for in a sympathetic, helpful and confidential manner. The clinic also has close ties to other healthcare agencies.
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Registration
At reception you will be asked to provide some personal details for clinical records. However, if you do not wish to give any personal details please inform those at reception who will arrange for other means of identification whilst you are in the clinic. These medical records are kept in strictest confidence within the department. All information within these notes will not be divulged to anyone outside the clinic without your written consent.
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Clinic Sessions
Normal clinical hours are Monday to Friday 09.00 - 1600 for appointments (Note; Mondays are reserved mainly for female Colcoscopy clinics). Administration and other commitments normally take up afternoons although patients may be seen during these times. The clinic is staffed by male and female health care professionals. You may request to be seen by staff of the same sex if you wish. Booking an appointment is preferred, although a walk in system is also in operation. Satellite clinics are held on a weekly and fortnightly basis at Wegberg and Hohne. Please telephone the main clinic in Bielefeld for details of times and to book appointments. Tel Bielefeld Mil 81 3339, Civil 0521 92543339.
Male patients attending the clinic are recommended not to pass urine for a minimum of 3hrs, or longer, prior to their appointment. This will help in making some of the screening tests more accurate, especially when confirming negative tests. It should be noted that it is the length of time since last passing urine is the important factor, not a urine sample brought in some container or full bladder.
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Waiting Areas
There are separate male and female waiting areas in the Bielefeld clinic, and shared waiting areas in the Wegberg and Hohne clinics. We aim to keep your waiting time as short as possible. However sometimes delays are unavoidable. Those attending the department for the first time should expect their visit to be about an hour in duration.
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Seeing the Doctor
You will be seen by a doctor or specialist nurse who will discuss your current or past medical problems. You will also be asked some personal questions (some may find these questions embarrassing) however the answers to such questions can give important information as to the cause of a particular problem.
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Tests and Results
An examination of the genital area is normally required. In addition, the doctor or nurse will take some tests in order to identify the cause of any problem and to exclude certain specific conditions. Routine screening is aimed at excluding such conditions as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, candida, trichomonas, gardnerella and syphilis.
The examination and tests will be explained to you fully beforehand. Only those tests/examination to which verbal consent is given will be carried out.
Results of some tests will be available whilst you wait in the clinic others will be available a week later (depending on the type of tests utilized).
Tests results and findings at examination, will be discussed with you by the examining doctor or nurse.
All treatments in department are free from charges and usually dispensed at the clinic.
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Further Appointments
As part of your treatment management you may be asked to attend the clinic again. This may be for further examination or tests to confirm your treatment has been successful, and to exclude other problems that may have occurred since you last attended the clinic.
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Health Advice
Health advice will be available to give further information about your sexual health, and help you decide if anybody else may benefit from attending this or other GU Medicine clinic.
You may request to speak to a particular healthcare worker at any attendance to the clinic, or over the phone, if during clinic hours.
The clinic is also able to provide you with written information on particular health care needs.
The clinic also holds supplies of condoms, which are free of charge. If you receive treatment for an infection, the doctor or nurse will discuss management of sexual partners. It should be understood that sex with untreated partners might result in re-infection.
Department of GU Medicine Bielefeld
Tel: Mil 81 3339
Civil 0521 9254 3339
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