Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many men are currently waiting more than 18 months for a vasectomy.
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
Public Health Scotland (PHS) uses the national waiting times datamart to collect electronic patient records covering the waits that patients experience waiting for treatment as an inpatient or day case under the Treatment Time Guarantee. This data source can be used routinely to identify the specialty of treatment. However, these records are unable to accurately capture procedural level data.
More detailed information on the procedure(s) that is planned or undertaken for a patient will be held locally by NHS Boards.