Sterilisation
(asked on 4th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) vasectomy reversals and (b) female sterilisation reversals were (i) requested and (ii) performed in the last five years.
This question was answered on 14th October 2024
The information is not held for “requested” procedures. The following table shows the number of “performed” procedures in the last five years:
Year | Vasectomy Reversal | Female Sterilisation Reversal |
2019/20 | 42 | 176 |
2020/21 | 34 | 66 |
2021/22 | 37 | 117 |
2022/23 | 42 | 109 |
2023/24 | 32 | 96 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England