Your local council will decide whether or not to commission us to offer you HIV or HIV and syphilis testing. In previous years, the National HIV Prevention Programme has not provided syphilis testing. This was a new addition when Freetesting.hiv was launched in October 2019.
We can only offer syphilis testing if you have not received treatment for syphilis in the past. Our test is so sensitive that it could pick up antibodies from previous infections.
During the order process, we will recommend you have a syphilis test at your local sexual health clinic instead.
It is possible to test your blood sample for both HIV and syphilis. You will not have to provide an extra sample to get two results.
If you would like syphilis tests available on Freetesting.hiv in your area, please email to let us know: sh24.info@nhs.net.
Otherwise, check if you are eligible for a full STI home testing kit from SH:24, or find your local clinic.