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03 May 2006

SEXUAL HEALTH GROUP PLC
(“Sexual Health Group” or “the Company”)

SEXUAL HEALTH GROUP SUPPLIES CONDOMANIA CONDOMS TO GENERAL MEDICAL CLINICS NEW LIVERPOOL ST CENTRE

The Board of Sexual Health Group, a national supplier of sexual health products to customers including the NHS, is pleased to announce it is now supplying Condomania condoms to General Medical Clinics PLC (“General Medical Clinics”). General Medical Clinics is a private company with four centres in the City of London offering care and advice on a number of general medical issues including women and men’s health, sexual health, drugs, alcohol, stress and contraception, as well as physiotherapy, psychiatry and, dermatology

General Medical Clinics’ centres in Fleet Street, Finsbury Circus and Tower Hill mainly see private clients, (corporate banks, financiers and law firms), who fund the service for their staff. The central location of the clinics is beneficial for both the companies and their employees who can visit the clinics conveniently without having to take time-off work to visit their local GP. Members of the public are also able to use these clinics; there is an individual membership scheme available for them.

In October 2005 General Medical Clinics secured a five-year contract with the NHS to open a walk-in centre near Liverpool Street station to extend free services to the general public (NHS patients). The centre provides a new avenue for Sexual Health Group’s Condomania brand, which currently supplies condoms to the NHS, to supply condoms to the Liverpool Street clinic. Condoms will be given to patients in an effort to further promote sexual health in the community. This further secures Sexual Health Group’s presence within the NHS and creates an opportunity for the Company to eventually supply other sexual health related products to the General Medical Clinic’s clinics.

Jerry Appleyard, Managing Director of General Medical Clinics, said today: “The opening of the NHS walk-in centre is an exciting step for General Medical Clinics. We feel it’s important to offer quality health care and advice free of charge, and the central location is another means of making such services more accessible to the general public and, in this case, city professionals. Joining forces with the NHS has also introduced us to Sexual Health Group. We look forward to working together as the Company supplies Condomania condoms to our Liverpool Street Station walk in centre, and may look to use them as a supplier to our other clinics in the near future.”

Commenting today, Sexual Health Group Chief Executive, George Sutherland, said: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to supply General Medical Clinics. The walk-in centre in Liverpool Street offers the public the ideal location to access free condoms and sexual health advice. We look forward to building a long term relationship with General Medical Clinics and hope to extend our presence in other centres too.”

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The Directors of the Issuer accept responsibility for this announcement.

Enquiries:

Sexual Health Group Plc
John French, Chairman Mobile: 07836 722 482

Bishopsgate Communications Ltd. Tel: 020 7430 1600
Dominic Barretto
Sophie Davis

St Helen’s Capital Plc Tel: 020 7628 5582
Barry Hocken Mobile: 07759 942 830

Photographs are available through the Company’s PR adviser, Bishopsgate Communications Ltd.

Notes to Editors:
The Company's business was founded in 2000, and is a national supplier of sexual health products. The Company initially created the Condomania brand as a supplier of condoms to major professional customers such as the NHS and is actively engaged in the production of complementary products for the sexual health market.

The Condomania brand has already achieved a share of approximately 9% of the NHS Condom market which equates to 2.25% of the total UK market. Condomania has shown substantial growth in sales and distribution. At 11 products, it has one of the widest ranges of condoms available via the NHS in the UK. The Company's strategy is to bring a pipeline of new products in sexual health to the UK market.

The Company has been focusing on the development of its relationship with the NHS, and has developed its profile through this relationship. This will remain as a major part of its strategy for growth.

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