YOUNG people who take a test for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) could win a games console.
Fifteen to 24-year-olds will be given the chance to enter a competition for the Nintendo Wii, donated by South Tyneside Youth Support Service, if they take a chlamydia test in November.
The test, available at many locations, including local contra
ception and family planning clinics, is being offered through the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Chlamydia Screening Programme.
Urine samples are sent off free of charge to a laboratory.
The results take a few days to come through and people can say whether they want to receive them by letter, phone or text.
Chlamydia doesn't always have symptoms and can cause infertility, but it can be easily treated with a short course of antibiotics.
To launch the competition, representatives from the screening programme will be in South Shields town centre tomorrow evening, handing out information and offering the opportunity to do a test.
Postal kits and further information about chlamydia are available from the website www.checkyourbits.org or by calling 265 7014.
To order a test, you can also text GREMLIN with your full name and address to 80010.
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