The Syphilis Support Program provides Syphilis management and referral expertise to Public Health Units (PHU), GPs, Aboriginal Health services and maternity services.
SHIL is a state-wide, nurse-led, NSW Health service. SHIL is a key partner in the initiatives of the NSW HIV Strategy 2021-2025, the NSW Hepatitis C Strategy 2022-2025, and NSW Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy 2022-2026.
Please note SHIL is closed 21st December 2024 to 2nd January 2025
There are 3 sections to this form.
Once the submission is received, you’ll be contacted to verify the referral before any action is taken.
Our service takes privacy very seriously. All information is encrypted, transmitted and stored securely.
If you need assistance in filling the form or have questions please call a nurse on 1800 451 624.
The diagnosing clinician is responsible for initiating contact tracing for STIs, and blood borne viruses (BBVs). Public health units in Australia do not routinely contact trace all notifiable infections. A clinician can support a client to perform their own contact tracing or offer to perform it on the patient’s behalf or, in complex situations, refer the patient to specialist contact tracing support” in NSW this is NSW Sexual Health Infolink (SHIL).
