The GMHS is located at the Meath Primary Care Campus, Heytesbury Street, Dublin 8. D08 HX97. GMHS is Ireland’s only dedicated statutory sexual health and wellbeing service for gay and bisexual men, men who have sex with men and the trans population.
Gay Men's Health Service
GMHS is Ireland’s only dedicated statutory sexual health and wellbeing service for gay and bisexual men, men who have sex with men and the trans population.
You will find all of the information that you need about services available at GMHS by clicking on the links below.
MonkeyPox
The HSE is now administering the Monkeypox vaccine to at-risk groups. Monkeypox vaccine information
GMHS is currently vaccinating patients identified in the 1A cohort of the HSE Monkeypox vaccination rollout. GMHS is contacting these patients directly. GMHS is not currently vaccinating outside of this cohort.
For information on MonkeyPox please see HIV Ireland (hivireland.ie) and Health Protection Surveillance Centre (hpsc.ie)
If you are concerned you may have symptoms of MonkeyPox or are a close contact please contact GMHS on 01 9212730 to talk to one of our nurses.
Please note, GMHS are not currently doing MonkeyPox assessments, MonkeyPox assessments are taking place in St James Hospital GUIDE clinic, Mater ID clinic and St Vincent’s ID clinic.
GMHS Clinic Services, Times and Appointments
Information on sexual health clinical services for men who have sex with men.
Counselling and Personal Development
Information on counselling services and personal development courses available for men who have sex with men.
Gay Health Fora
The Gay Health Forum (GHF) is the national forum on the sexual health and wellbeing of the MSM community in Ireland. Organised by the Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) along with Gay Health Network (GHN) since 2003.
Research and Reports
Access to research and reports that have been conducted by, or with the assistance of the Gay Men’s Health Service.
Man2Man.ie
Information on STIs, HIV and your sexual health and wellbeing in English, Portugues, Español, Francais.
Free Condoms, Lube and Information Leaflets
Available to men who have sex with men in venues across Ireland.
For more support and information on your sexual health you can call Switchboard LGBT+ Ireland on 01 8721055, email chris@switchboard.lgbt or visit at switchboard.lgbt/ (switchboard.lgbt/)
Keep up to date with HIV and STI information data and other relevant reports available from Health Protection Surveillance Centre (hpsc.ie) and Gay Health Network (gayhealthnetwork.ie/)
Electronic Appointments and Patient Management System
In 2022, GMHS introduced a web based booking system Swiftqueue (swiftqueue.com) and an electronic records system Socrates (socrates.ie) to improve the patient experience. This initiative adheres to all General Data Protection Regulation GDPR standards and patient confidentiality is central to GMHS service delivery.
Computerisation of GMHS aims to improve patients reported experience and outcomes measures. It also aims to facilitate quality improvement measures to be implemented with improved patient outcomes resulting in person centred care. All these measures will facilitate incorporating the values of care, compassion, trust and learning and will help transform sexual health delivery services at GMHS.
