This is the part of booking nobody wants to raise on the phone, which is exactly why it is worth reading once in advance. None of it is complicated, and none of it is awkward when it happens before the booking rather than during it.
Nothing here is medical advice. It is how the practical side works around escort bookings in London, and where to get a straight answer from someone qualified.
Protection is the default
Condoms are standard across this industry and across this hub. For most escorts it is not a preference to be negotiated, it is the condition on which she works, and it is the single most common reason a booking ends early.
She provides them, usually. Bring your own anyway if you have a size or a latex issue, and say so at the start rather than mid booking.
What the service list on her profile says is what she offers. Some services carry more risk than others and adults are entitled to make that call between themselves, but the list is the answer rather than the opening bid. Asking for something not on it, or asking her to go without, is the one request that reliably ends an hour. Our guide to escort terms explained sets out what each of the labels actually means, which is worth understanding before you book rather than after.
Testing, on both sides
Most escorts test regularly and on a schedule, because their livelihood depends on staying well. Many will tell you so if you ask politely.
What no directory can do is verify it. Not this one, not any of them. A test result is a snapshot of one day, it cannot be checked by a third party without handing over medical records, and any site claiming its listings are health verified is telling you something untrue. Our how we verify page sets out exactly what we do check, which is identity, age and that photographs are recent and real. Health is not on that list and cannot be.
Which leaves the same responsibility on you as on her. Test regularly if you see escorts, whatever precautions you take. It is a twenty minute errand, not an event.
Asking, without being awkward about it
Asking whether she uses protection is a normal, professional question. So is asking what a service on her list involves. A straight answer is a good sign, and an escort who is clear about her rules is one who has thought about them.
Two things to avoid. Do not ask her to prove anything: it is not a document anyone carries, and the request reads as a preamble to asking her to go without. And do not treat a yes as negotiable later in the hour.
Be honest yourself. If you have anything you know about, or an infection you are being treated for, say so or postpone. It is not a conversation anybody enjoys, and having it is the difference between a professional and a liability.
Where to get checked in London
NHS sexual health clinics are free, confidential and open to everyone, including people without a GP. You can walk into many of them or book online, and you never have to explain why you want a test. Nothing goes to your GP unless you ask for it to.
Postal testing kits are available free across most London boroughs. You order online, take the sample at home, post it back and get results by text. For routine screening with no symptoms, that is the easiest route by a distance.
Clinics can also advise on preventative medication, which some people who see escorts regularly choose to take. That is a conversation for a clinician rather than a directory.
If something goes wrong
Tell her at the time. A condom failing is not anyone’s fault and she would far rather know than not.
Then contact a clinic quickly rather than waiting to see how you feel. This is the one part of the whole subject where speed genuinely matters, because some preventative treatments only work when started within a day or two of exposure. Clinics and hospital emergency departments in London can advise the same day.
Do not diagnose yourself from a search engine and do not wait for symptoms, since many infections have none at all. Get tested, get the answer, get on with it.
The short version
Protection as standard. Her profile is the answer, not the opening position. Test regularly whatever you do. Ask a clinic, not a website, and ask them quickly if something happens.
If this is your first booking, seeing an escort for the first time covers the rest of what to expect, and safety covers how the hub handles concerns raised with us.