Reasons for not using the vasectomy service yet

• Respondents who have accessed the vasectomy service, have not had one due to accessing the service on behalf of their partner, being undecided on the decision to have one, or due to potential complications with existing medical conditions
• Respondents who want to access the vasectomy service have not yet as they are not ready to access the service (45%), cannot get a referral from their GP (20%), or do not know how to access the vasectomy service (15%)
• Other responses are from females wanting a vasectomy for their partner, or sterilisation for themselves

An asterisk (*) indicates a small base size, caution should be taken when interpreting the results.

This table shows the key themes from the open ended responses of why respondents have not had a vasectomy yet. The key themes are that they have not had one due to accessing the service on behalf of their partner, being undecided on the decision to have one, or due to potential complications with existing medical conditions.

This chart shows that for respondents who want to access the vasectomy service but have not done so yet:
45% are not ready to access the service yet.
20% cannot get through to the GP for a referral.
15% do not know how to go about accessing the vasectomy service.
20% of respondents have not accessed the vasectomy service as yet because of other reasons.