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Sterilisation: Costs

Asked by Olivia BaileyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 7348

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was of (a) vasectomies and (b) tubal ligations for (i) day cases and (ii) elective inpatients in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold data in the requested format. Through the 2022 Health and Care Act, the 2023/25 NHS Payment Scheme has replaced the National Tariff Payment System. This is a set of rules, prices and guidance used by commissioners and providers of National Health Service care. The cost of procedures conducted in both day case and ordinary electives settings is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/2023-25-nhs-payment-scheme/

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