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General practice (GP) clinics can play an important role in annual testing, as a high proportion of young people attend these clinics annually; however, little is known about the timing of attendance and testing in this setting. Methods: The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses system extracted consultation and pathology data on 16\u201329-year-olds attending 25 GP clinics in 2007\u201310. We calculated the proportion of individuals with an initial negative test that reattended at 12 months (\u00b13 months) and retested at 12 months (\u00b13 months). Individuals with an initial positive test were excluded, as guidelines recommend retesting at 3 months. Results: Among 3852 individuals who had an initial negative test, 2201 (57.1%) reattended at ~12 months; reattendance was higher among females (60.8%) than males (44.1%; P &amp;lt; 0.001) and higher among 16\u201319-year-olds (64.2%) than 25\u201329-year-olds (50.8%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). Of 2201 individuals who reattended at 12 months, 377 had a chlamydia test (retesting rate of 9.8%); retesting was higher among females (10.8%) than males (6.1%; P &amp;lt; 0.01) and higher among 16\u201319-year-olds (13.3%) than 25\u201329-year-olds (7.5%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). Conclusion: Although over half of young people reattended their GP clinic ~1 year after a negative chlamydia baseline test, only 9.8% were retested at this visit. 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