Who can have a NHS vasectomy?
We are providing vasectomies for patients from BOB ICB (Includes Buckinghamshire, West Berkshire and Oxfordshire) and Frimley ICB (includes East Berkshire, Surrey Heath and North East Hampshire and Farnham). Thus, the whole of Berkshire is now able to receive NHS vasectomies again. This is particularly good news for patients from West Berkshire, who were unable to receive those for over a decade.
If in doubt, ask your GP. You do not have to live in these areas, but you have to be registered in a practice, who belongs to one of these ICBs. Thus, patients in certain adjacent areas i.e. Wraysbury and Englefield Green in Surrey may also benefit from an NHS vasectomy with us, because their practices are part of the CCGs quoted above. If in doubt, please ask your practice receptionist or practice manager. Please scroll down this page for much more information. Find below a public facebook review by one of our NHS patients
Yes, once your GP has referred you to us you can contact the service and arrange a mutually convenient appointment
We will email you a Welcome Pack and send you 2 links to Online Forms to complete that will directly save into your patient pack. You do need to attend a webinar, which usually happens on Wednesday at 7pm.
If you look around this website almost all questions should be answered. Familiarising yourself with this website (particularly the menu “More about NSV”, which contains the clinical FAQs, why vasectomy, why not having a vasectomy and alternatives to vasectomy means that you are comprehensively informed. If you are under 30 and want a vasectomy, please look at the “young patient” part of the website and submit the form. As not to get into trouble on the day, familiarise yourself with directions to Thames Valley Vasectomy Services.
- Free Vasectomy
- Free Semen Sampling
- We aim to carry out your vasectomy within the NHS target of 18 weeks.
- We dont have the very long waiting lists (years) that other providers have.
- We use the same high quality method.
- Dedicated senior NHS surgeon, Dr Lim.
- Online webinar / consultation for low risk patients. High risk patients may be asked to come in face to face as per CCG contract (this assessment is made by us depending on a number of factors, for more information see below).
- Shorter waiting time (typically less than 2 weeks)
- Choice of surgeon
- Private mobile number of Dr Kittel for aftercare enquiries (note, the NHS CCGs do not fund this service, they want you to use GPs and 111)
- Waiting times typically 1-2 rather than 18 weeks.
- Easier aftercare package (postal sample, no hassle, no appointments needed for NHS labs etc, no time out from work). No delays because of labs not functioning properly due to backlogs.
- Don’t have to see your GP, just call.
- Larger choice of appointments
- “One-Stop” Appointment Guaranteed