Contraception Services
Case reference FOI2023/00290
Published 20 February 2023
Request
Request 1:
Please provide the number of sites commissioned by your local authority, or a provider sub-contracted by your local authority, to deliver contraceptive services for each of the last 10 financial years (2013/14 - 2022/23). *If figures for 2022/23 are not yet available, please provide plans for this financial year.
If your organisation has taken a decision to reduce the number of sites, please provide the reason why this decision was taken.
Request 2:
Please confirm or deny whether the local authority stipulates and/or monitors waiting time requirements in contracts with (a) general practice and (b) sexual and reproductive health services for appointments for the fitting of IUDs/IUSs.
If confirm, please release corresponding data on (i) average waiting times and (ii) the longest waiting time in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Response
Request 1:
Please provide the number of sites commissioned by your local authority, or a provider sub-contracted by your local authority, to deliver contraceptive services for each of the last 10 financial years (2013/14 - 2022/23). *If figures for 2022/23 are not yet available, please provide plans for this financial year.
If your organisation has taken a decision to reduce the number of sites, please provide the reason why this decision was taken.
A: Public Health Commissioners of sexual health services only monitor waiting times for appointments for IUDs/IUSs from the sexual health services we commission directly and forms part of the contract monitoring process. We do not monitor waiting times with general practices.
Request 2:
Please confirm or deny whether the local authority stipulates and/or monitors waiting time requirements in contracts with (a) general practice and (b) sexual and reproductive health services for appointments for the fitting of IUDs/IUSs.
If confirm, please release corresponding data on (i) average waiting times and (ii) the longest waiting time in the most recent year for which figures are available.
A: Waiting times for routine care of IUDs/IUSs at the sexual health clinic is:
6 weeks for non-urgent Coil IUD/IUS
8 weeks for non-urgent implant
Emergency LARC procedure or young people attending walk-in would be a much shorter waiting time than the above.
Documents
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