About Us

Sexual Health North is a specialist sexual health clinic for Perth’s northern suburbs, located in Joondalup. We offer a wide range of tests, assessments and treatment for STIs, HIV, viral hepatitis and general sexual health conditions. We can prescribe and manage PrEP. We also specialise in Gender Affirming Therapy. We can help you with Contraception and menopause and offer different options to suit individual needs. We realise that our patients are busy people and try to provide different access options. Our clinic strives to create a friendly and knowledgeable service in an open-minded atmosphere.

Dr Christine Dykstra

MBChB (U. of Auckland), FAChSHM

Dr Christine Dykstra trained and completed her fellowship at Royal Perth Hospital, where she has been a specialist sexual health physician for over a decade. With a keen interest in improving sexual health care in Perth, Christine has provided sexual health medical education at various universities and postgraduate programs in Perth. Her most recent role in research was as the principal investigator for the Royal Perth Hospital site of the WA PrEPIT trial for the provision of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Western Australia. Having lived in Perth’s northern suburbs for many years, Christine is happy to finally bring specialist sexual health care to the Joondalup and Wanneroo regions.

Donna Keeley

Nurse Practitioner

Donna Keeley is a qualified Nurse Practitioner who specialises in Sexual Health. Donna qualified as a Nurse Practitioner in 2008. She has a vast and comprehensive background in the sexual health field and has dedicated herself to working in the sexual health field for three decades.

Donna has worked in sexual health in Victoria and Western Australia and this has included both metropolitan and remote work. She is passionate about meeting the general needs for all sexual health patients and has particular interests in youth, women's health and contraception.

Her main goal is to ensure that everyone can enjoy healthy sexual lives. Donna recently joined the team at Sexual Health North and is enthusiastic and committed to providing a high standard of sexual health care in the Northern suburbs of Perth.

TestMyself, Urgent Appointments or Comprehensive Service options

With TestMyself, we offer express testing for STIs when you don’t have any symptoms. TestMyself is a fast and easy way to test for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and viral hepatitis.

For people with symptoms of an STI, we try our best to offer an urgent appointment. Symptoms can appear quickly and sometimes lead to complications if left untreated. Get in touch with our clinic so we can book you in as soon as possible.

We also offer Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy. We welcome the LGBTQIA+ community to our services. A GP referral is required.

At Sexual Health North we offer help with Menopause. We provide a thorough assessment of your symptoms and offer treatment options and support.

Why choose Sexual Health North?

We believe that you deserve high-quality care for your sexual health needs. Our team has decades of experience in the diagnosis and management of sexual health conditions. We know that every patient is unique and we tailor our care to your individual needs. In Perth’s northern suburbs, Sexual Health North offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic services customised to your requirements, as well as a management plan designed by our highly qualified and experienced sexual health specialists. Our goal is to create a hassle-free service where everything from consultations to investigations to treatments can all be managed under one roof.

Our Fees

Sexual Health North is a private health service and we recommend that you contact us first if you have any questions about our fee structure. We can explain the differences in fees and Medicare reimbursement for referred and walk-in patients. Medicare cover does not apply if you are an overseas visitor or where you want to make use of our anonymous testing option. In these cases, you will need to cover our consultation fees and the pathology costs. If you are in doubt about the exact fees that may apply to your type of consultation, please contact us so we can explain the likely costs incurred.

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