Clinic365 is an online sexual health clinic serving Albany by telehealth. A Specialist GP arranges your STI test over a quick phone call and sends your pathology referral by SMS — a full screen covering chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B.
Book a telehealth consult — free with Medicare (*bulk-billed)
Get tested at any pathology lab in Albany — simply walk in
Results by SMS in 3-5 days — telehealth treatment if positive
Your pathology referral arrives by SMS — then simply walk into any pathology lab in Albany to get tested.
Major pathology networks run collection centres across Albany and the Great Southern. Find your nearest on the map above.
📍 Overview
STI/STD Testing in Albany, Without the Drive to Perth
Getting an STI/STD test in Albany has often meant limited local options, or a long trip up the highway to Perth for anything you would rather keep private. Telehealth changes that. This Albany sexual health clinic runs entirely by phone and local pathology: you speak with a Specialist GP wherever you are in the Great Southern, then call into a nearby collection centre for the samples. No Perth trip, no clinic waiting room, no fuss.
It works just as well for a routine screen when you are due, a check after a new partner, or a specific concern you want dealt with quietly. Most STIs have no symptoms at all, so getting tested while you feel fine is exactly how they are picked up early.
🔒 Privacy
Real Privacy in a Small City
In a place the size of Albany, privacy matters more, not less. Walking into a clinic where you might run into a neighbour, a colleague, or someone from footy is a genuine reason people put off getting checked, and that is the last thing sexual health should involve. Doing it by telehealth sidesteps all of it. There is no local waiting room to sit in and no front desk to face; your consult, results and any treatment happen privately, by phone. For a lot of people in a regional community, that discretion is the difference between getting tested and not bothering.
🩺 Specialist GP
Care From a Specialist GP
You are not just filling in an online form and hoping for the best. You have a real telehealth consult with a Specialist GP, who talks through your situation, decides which tests genuinely fit, answers anything you are unsure about, and stays responsible for your results and treatment. It is the same clinical judgement you would get sitting across from a doctor, so the screen you end up with is tailored to you, not a one-size panel.
⚙️ How It Works
What Actually Happens
The process is short and self-explanatory:
Book a consult and speak with a Specialist GP by phone, at a time that works around your day.
Receive your referral once the GP has worked out the right tests with you.
Call into a local lab in Albany to give your samples, a few minutes, usually walk-in.
Hear your results by phone, with treatment organised on the spot if anything needs it.
There is no second visit and nothing to attend in person beyond the quick lab drop-in.
🧪 Your Screen
What an STI/STD Screen Checks
A standard STI/STD screen covers the common, important infections, collected in different ways:
Where it makes sense, the GP can add throat or rectal swabs and other checks to fit your history, something a fixed online panel cannot do. If you have had symptoms, flag them when you book and the screen is built around them.
📍 Where to Test
Getting Tested in Albany
Once you have got your referral, you call into a pathology collection centre in Albany to have your samples taken. Standard tests are usually walk-in: you hand over the referral, give your sample, and you are out again within minutes. Nothing goes back to a reception desk you would have to front up to, results return to the clinic and you are contacted directly, so the visible part of the whole process is a few quiet minutes at a local lab.
🗺️ Great Southern
Serving the Great Southern
Because the consult is by phone and the samples go to a local lab, the service reaches well beyond Albany itself. If you are in Denmark, Mount Barker, Katanning, Kojonup, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Walpole or anywhere across the Great Southern, you can have your consult from home and use your nearest collection centre for the tests. For smaller towns where sexual health services are thin on the ground, telehealth means the same STI/STD testing and treatment comes to you. Distance stops being the reason a check keeps getting pushed back.
💊 Treatment
STI/STD Treatment in Albany
If a result comes back positive, it is handled by phone, again, nothing to attend in person. The Specialist GP explains what has been found and arranges treatment straight away, discreetly. Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis are all treatable, and getting onto them quickly clears the infection and stops it spreading. Where an injection treatment is the right call, the GP points you to a convenient local option, and you will get clear advice on telling partners and when sex is safe again.
💳 Cost
Medicare and What You’ll Pay
Affordability is part of the design. For Medicare card holders, testing is free: your telehealth consult is bulk-billed and pathology at the lab is covered by Medicare, so a standard screen costs you nothing. If you test positive on any STI test, your treatment consult is at no additional cost, because cost should not be a barrier to getting treated. Without a Medicare card, some lab fees may apply, so check with the pathology centre you attend. See our full fees for details.
⏰ When to Test
How Often to Get Checked
Once a year is a sensible baseline if you are sexually active, and every three to six months if you have new or multiple partners. Getting tested at the start of a new relationship, ideally both of you, is one of the simplest and most useful habits there is. You do not need a symptom or a scare to justify it, testing while you feel completely well is the whole idea, because the silent infections are exactly the ones worth catching early.
Do not sit on these. Book a consult promptly if you have unusual discharge, sores or ulcers, pain passing urine, pelvic or testicular pain, or unexpected bleeding. And after a possible HIV exposure, emergency prevention (PEP) needs to start within 72 hours, so seek urgent care rather than booking ahead.
👥 Partners
Letting Partners Know
A positive result means recent partners should be tested and treated too, both to look after them and to stop you being reinfected. There are discreet ways to do it, including anonymous options when telling someone face to face feels like too much. The Specialist GP will help you work out the easiest way to handle it. In a small community especially, it is worth knowing there are private, low-key ways to do this, and support is there for it.
🚨 Urgent
Urgent Situations
Telehealth is ideal for testing and routine treatment, but some situations need in-person urgent care. After a possible HIV exposure, PEP must be started within 72 hours (and the sooner the better), so go straight to a hospital emergency department, in Albany the Albany Health Campus emergency department, rather than waiting for a consult. The same applies to severe pelvic or testicular pain, or feeling unwell with a fever alongside genital symptoms. For discharge, sores, pain passing urine or unusual bleeding that is not an emergency, book a telehealth consult promptly.
Ready to sort an STI/STD test or treatment in Albany? Clinic365 keeps it simple and private: book online or call 1300 222 365. Confidential and judgement-free, right across the Great Southern.
Ready when you are. A Specialist GP can arrange your Albany STI test by phone, with your referral sent straight to your phone by SMS.
Book a telehealth consult and talk it through with a Specialist GP, who orders the tests that suit you and sends a pathology referral. You call into a local Albany collection centre to give your samples, then get your results, and any treatment, back by phone. There's no drive to Perth, no clinic appointment to attend, and no waiting room.
Yes, that's one of the main reasons to do it this way. There's no local waiting room to sit in and no front desk to face, so there's no chance of running into someone you know while you're there. Your consult, results and any treatment all happen privately by phone. In a smaller community, that discretion is exactly what makes getting checked easy rather than awkward.
No. The whole point of telehealth is that you don't. You speak with a Specialist GP by phone from home, and only need to call into a local Albany pathology lab for the samples. Results and any treatment are handled over the phone. For people across the Great Southern, it removes the long trip to Perth that getting private sexual health care has sometimes meant.
Because a proper consult means the testing is tailored to you, not generic. A Specialist GP asks about your situation, chooses the right tests, adds throat or rectal swabs where relevant, and takes charge of your results and treatment. You get the clinical judgement of an in-person appointment without leaving home, more thorough and safer than ticking boxes online.
A standard STI/STD screen covers chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B. Chlamydia and gonorrhoea use a urine sample or a self-collected swab; syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B are done from blood. Because you speak with a Specialist GP, extra swabs or checks can be added where they fit your history.
At a pathology collection centre in Albany. Standard tests are usually walk-in: you present your referral, provide the sample, and you're done in a few minutes. If you're elsewhere in the Great Southern, your referral works at collection centres across the region, so you can use whichever is nearest. Results come back to the clinic and you're contacted directly.
Yes. Whether you're in Denmark, Mount Barker, Katanning, Kojonup, Cranbrook, Walpole or further out, you can have your consult by phone and use your nearest pathology collection centre for the samples. For smaller towns with limited local services, telehealth brings the same STI/STD testing and treatment to you without a long drive.
For Medicare card holders it's free: your telehealth consult is bulk-billed and pathology is covered by Medicare, so a standard screen costs you nothing. If you test positive on any STI test, your treatment consult is at no additional cost. Without a Medicare card, some lab fees may apply, so check with the pathology lab you attend.
By phone. If a test is positive, the Specialist GP explains the result and arranges the right treatment discreetly, without you coming in. Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis are all straightforward to treat. If an injection treatment is needed, the GP directs you to a convenient local option, with advice on partners and when it's safe to have sex again.
No, testing without symptoms is the whole idea, because most STIs are silent. A routine screen exists to catch infections in people who feel perfectly well. If you do have symptoms, mention them when you book, and the Specialist GP will assess you and tailor the tests and any treatment accordingly.
At least yearly if you're sexually active, and every three to six months with new or multiple partners. Getting checked when you start seeing someone new is a simple, worthwhile habit. Telehealth makes keeping up with it easy, since there's no clinic trip to organise each time.
After a possible HIV exposure, PEP must be started within 72 hours, so go straight to a hospital emergency department, in Albany the Albany Health Campus emergency department, rather than waiting for a consult. The same applies to severe pelvic or testicular pain, or feeling unwell with a fever alongside genital symptoms. For non-emergency symptoms like discharge or sores, book a telehealth consult promptly.
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