A Specialist GP arranges your test over a quick phone call — they review your symptoms and risk, then send your pathology referral by SMS — a full STI 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 Adelaide or regional SA — 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 Adelaide to get tested.
Australian Clinical Labs and other major pathology networks run collection centres across Adelaide and the surrounding region. Find your nearest on the map above.
📍 Overview
Telehealth STI/STD Testing in Adelaide
An STI/STD test in Adelaide no longer means booking time off, finding a clinic, and sitting in a waiting room hoping not to see anyone you know. As a telehealth sexual health clinic, this works differently: you arrange everything from your phone, speak with a Specialist GP wherever you are, and only leave the house to drop into a pathology lab for the actual samples. For most people, that is the whole visit.
It suits a routine screen when you are simply due, a check after a new partner, or a specific worry you would rather sort out quietly. Because the large majority of STIs show no symptoms, testing when nothing feels wrong is exactly how they get caught early.
🩺 Specialist GP
You Speak With a Specialist GP
The part that sets this apart is who you deal with. Rather than filling in a questionnaire and hoping the right boxes were ticked, you have a proper telehealth consult with a Specialist GP. They ask about your situation, decide which tests actually make sense for you, explain anything you are unsure about, and take responsibility for your results and treatment. It is the clinical judgement of an in-person appointment, delivered down the phone, so the screen you get is the one you need, not a generic panel.
⚙️ How It Works
The Steps, Start to Finish
There is not much to it. The whole process runs like this:
Book your consult and speak with a Specialist GP by phone, at a time that fits around work or study.
Get your referral, the GP works out the right tests with you and sends through a pathology request.
Drop into a lab anywhere in Adelaide to give your samples, a few minutes, usually no appointment needed.
Get your results by phone, with any treatment arranged there and then if something needs it.
No return visit, no reception desk, no waiting room, just a phone consult and a quick lab drop-in.
🧪 Your Screen
What Your STI/STD Screen Covers
A standard STI/STD screen looks for the common and important infections. How each is collected varies:
Where it is relevant, the GP can add throat or rectal swabs and other checks to match your history, one of the advantages of a real consult over a fixed online panel. If you have noticed symptoms, mention them when you book, and the screen is shaped around them.
📍 Where to Test
Pathology Labs Across Adelaide
Your referral works at pathology collection centres right across metro Adelaide, so you can pick whichever is easiest, near home, near the office, or on your way somewhere. Most take walk-ins for standard tests: you hand over the referral, give your sample, and you are back out the door within minutes. Nothing comes back to a front desk you have to face; results are returned to the clinic and you are contacted directly.
🗺️ Regional SA
Regional and Country South Australia
This is where telehealth really earns its place. South Australia is a big state, and for people in the Riverland, the Barossa and Clare valleys, the Fleurieu, the Yorke and Eyre peninsulas, the Limestone Coast around Mount Gambier, or anywhere well outside the metro area, a city clinic can be hours away. A telehealth consult removes that trip entirely: you speak with a Specialist GP from home, and use your nearest local pathology collection centre for the samples. Distance stops being the reason a check gets put off.
💊 Treatment
STI/STD Treatment in Adelaide
A positive result is dealt with by phone, so there is still nothing to attend in person. The Specialist GP explains what has been found and arranges treatment straight away, quietly and without drama. Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis are all treatable, and getting on top of them promptly clears the infection and stops it being passed on. Where an injection treatment is the right approach, the GP points you to a convenient option, and you will get plain advice on telling partners and when sex is safe again.
💳 Cost
Cost and Medicare
Keeping it affordable is part of the point. For Medicare card holders, testing in Adelaide 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 arranged 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.
🔒 Confidential
Privacy and Discretion
Sexual health is nobody else's business, and the whole service is built that way. From the consult to your results and any treatment, everything stays confidential, and because there is no clinic to walk into, there is no waiting room and no front-desk conversation to have in the first place. Getting an STI/STD screen is an ordinary, sensible thing to do, and telehealth lets you keep it entirely low-key.
⏰ When to Test
How Often to Test
Once a year is a sensible baseline if you are sexually active, moving to every three to six months with new or multiple partners. A check at the start of a new relationship, ideally both of you, clears the air and is one of the simplest things you can do. And you do not need a reason or a symptom: testing while you feel perfectly well is the entire idea, since silent infections are the ones worth catching.
Some things should not wait. Book a consult promptly for unusual discharge, sores or ulcers, pain passing urine, pelvic or testicular pain, or unexpected bleeding. And after a possible HIV exposure, emergency prevention (PEP) has to begin within 72 hours, so seek care urgently rather than booking ahead.
👥 Partners
Notifying Partners
When a result comes back positive, recent partners will need testing and treatment as well, both to protect them and to stop you being reinfected. It can all be done discreetly, with anonymous options if telling someone directly feels like too much. The Specialist GP will talk you through the easiest way to handle it for your circumstances. It is a routine, judgement-free part of the process.
🏙️ Metro Adelaide
Metro Adelaide
Across the metro area, testing at a nearby lab plus a phone consult covers you wherever you live: the city and North Adelaide, the leafy eastern suburbs, the beachside west around Henley and Glenelg, the growing north around Salisbury, Elizabeth and Gawler, the south through Marion, Morphett Vale and Noarlunga, the Adelaide Hills, and Port Adelaide. Wherever you are in Adelaide, a collection centre is rarely far, and everything else happens by phone.
🩺 See a Doctor
When to Seek Care
Book a telehealth consult with a Specialist GP if you have symptoms, a partner has been diagnosed, or you are just not sure what testing you need. Go straight to urgent care for a possible HIV exposure (PEP, within 72 hours), severe pelvic or testicular pain, or feeling unwell with a fever alongside genital symptoms.
Ready to sort an STI/STD test or treatment in Adelaide? Clinic365 keeps it simple: book online or call 1300 222 365. Confidential and judgement-free, wherever you are in South Australia.
Ready when you are. A Specialist GP can arrange your Adelaide 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 any Adelaide collection centre to give your samples, then get your results, and any treatment, back by phone. There's no clinic appointment to attend and no waiting room at any point.
Because a real consult means the testing is tailored to you rather than generic. A Specialist GP asks about your situation, picks the right tests, adds throat or rectal swabs if they're relevant, and takes charge of your results and any treatment. You get the clinical judgement of an in-person appointment without leaving home, which is safer and more thorough than ticking boxes online.
The 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, additional swabs or checks can be included where they make sense for your history.
Absolutely, it's one of the biggest advantages of telehealth. Whether you're in the Riverland, the Barossa, on the Yorke or Eyre Peninsula, around Mount Gambier, or anywhere outside metro Adelaide, you can have your consult by phone and use your nearest local pathology collection centre for the samples. There's no need to drive hours to a city clinic to get tested or treated.
At a pathology collection centre near you. Your referral works across Adelaide and at collection centres throughout South Australia, so you choose whichever is convenient. Most accept walk-ins for standard tests: you present the referral, provide your sample, and you're done in a few minutes. Results are returned to the clinic and you're contacted directly.
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 it's worth checking 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 needing to come in. Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis are all straightforward to treat. If an injection treatment is needed, the GP directs you to a convenient option, along with advice on partners and when it's safe to have sex again.
Not at all, testing without symptoms is the whole point, because most STIs are silent. A routine screen exists precisely to catch infections in people who feel fine. If you do have symptoms, say so when you book, and the Specialist GP will assess you and tailor the tests and any treatment to what's going on.
Usually within a few days of your lab visit. You're contacted with them directly, so there's nowhere to return to in person. Anything that needs treating is sorted by phone; if everything's clear, you'll simply be told when your next screen is due. Exact timing depends on the tests and the lab.
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 one of the most useful habits going. Telehealth makes keeping up with it easy, since there's no clinic trip to organise each time.
If you test positive, yes, recent partners should be tested and treated to prevent reinfection and further spread. It can be handled confidentially, with anonymous options if you'd rather not tell someone directly. The Specialist GP will help you find the approach that works for your situation; it's a normal, supported part of care.
Seek care immediately after a possible HIV exposure, where emergency prevention (PEP) must start within 72 hours, or for severe pelvic or testicular pain, or feeling unwell with a fever alongside genital symptoms. For discharge, sores, pain passing urine or unusual bleeding, book a consult promptly rather than waiting. If in doubt, get checked.
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