However, the STI check is not one-size-fits-all, nor does a “full STI check” actually test for all possible STIs. So, which STIs are relevant to your own personal STI check?

So, what’s it like to go for an STI check with your partner? We rocked up to 10 Hammersmith Broadway expecting to be rushed through like the important journalists that we are.

If 2020 has got you avoiding real life right now, we're here to remind you that your annual STI check is important, so it's time to book in.

Don’t date them. Number three: If someone refuses to take an STI check, they don’t take your sexual health seriously. This is the big one.

But, armed with a little informationto counter all the misinformation out there, an STI check can be a really positive step towards keeping yourself healthy.

STI checks can be intimidating - we sent a bunch of PTV staff to get tested and share their experience to get you more comfortable with it.

The UK STI Check 2020 published by online pharmacy Medicine Direct found that 57 per cent of Hull citizens had never been tested for infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis.