A DOCTOR wants leaflets on sexual health and the dangers of binge drinking to be given to young people in pubs and nightclubs.

Dr Kandy Kandiah from Sparcells Surgery in Midwinter Close, Peatmoor, thinks that Swindon's Primary Care Trust should produce the leaflets.

They could then be handed out by pub landlords and given to nightclub revellers.

Dr Kandiah said: "The leaflets should be available in nightclubs and pubs because these are the places where young people gather.

"They should be about contraception and sexual health as well as drugs and alcohol. A lot of young people are not aware of the damage that alcohol causes."

He is confident that the leaflets won't just be thrown to one side and that young people will take in the information given.

"I do think that young people will read the leaflets. Even if they don't take them seriously it will still give them a message.

"The PCT should produce the leaflets because it needs to spend money on prevention. The message would have to be given in a subtle not a patronising way.

"We've all been young and everybody makes mistakes. But it is very important to give young people the right information.

"For instance they should know that some sexually transmitted diseases could cause infertility in later life."

Ben Fardon, head barman at the Rolleston and Furnace on Commercial Road, said: "They can only try but I think it's hard to warn about these things when they are already out doing it."

Mal Lamrani, of The Bedroom bar, said it had to be done in the right way.

"It should be funky fliers that really get the message through not the thick leaflets you get in hospitals,'' he said.

Richard James, co-director of the Apartment, said: "I think that at some establishments which are selling pints at £1.20, having leaflets on show about the dangers of binge drinking is simply sending confusing messages to drinkers.

"What needs to be addressed is the encouraging of drinking through cheap prices."

A spokeswoman for Swindon Primary Care Trust said: "We are always looking for new ways to communicate with young people and the idea would be considered."