A 15-month pilot scheme run by the trust, Bristol City Council and sexual health charity Brook saw the drop-in clinics set up in 13 of the city's schools and three of its pupil referral units.
The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund bankrolled the pilot, which involved nurses and youth workers providing advice and services including contraception, pregnancy tests and screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). More than 7,500 young people used the service, with around 1,500 visits per quarter.
Bristol Primary Care Trust will now provide the £200,000 a year needed to continue the work in a bid to cut pregnancy and STI rates.
Ease of access and the approachability of staff were the main reasons for its popularity, according to Dr Debra Salmon, a reader in community health at the University of the West of England, which evaluated the scheme.
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