Latest Statistics On NHS Community Contraception Services Released, UK
Despite this increase, the vast majority of people who attend clinics are women - 1.1 million. The study, NHS Contraceptive Services England 2006/07, looks at the numbers of people attending NHS community contraception clinics (formerly family planning clinics). It does not include any services provided by GP practices or consultants in out-patient clinics.
The report also shows that increasing numbers of women are using implants, 'the jab' and other long-acting reversible contraception to prevent pregnancy. More than one-in-five (21 per cent) of the women who visited NHS community contraception clinics in 2006-2007 for contraception chose long-acting birth control, compared with 18 per cent in 2003/04*. Long-acting reversible contraceptives are methods which the user does not have to use either daily (as with the pill) or for each act of sexual intercourse (as with condoms).
Other findings in the report include -
- Some 1.2 million people attended a community contraception clinic during the year, with the number of visits during the year falling four per cent from 2.6 million to 2.5 million.
- Of all the women attending clinics, seven per cent were aged 15 or under. Ten years ago this figure was six per cent.
- An estimated eight per cent of all girls aged 13 - 15 visited a community contraception clinic during the year.
- The peak age group for clinic attendance was 16 to 19 year-olds, with an estimated one in five women in this age group visiting a clinic during 2006-7. - The report also reveals emergency contraception was issued by clinics on 160,000 occasions in 2006/07 - a fall of seven per cent from the previous year and a reflection of its availability over the counter in pharmacies since 2001.
- The number of women opting for sterilisations is in decline, with 18,400 procedures in 2004-5 compared to 49,000 in 1995-96.
- Oral contraception remains the most popular form of contraception among women, accounting for 46 per cent of female contraceptive use. The figure has fallen over the past decade from 48 per cent.
The IC's acting chief executive Tim Straughan said: "Today's statistics show how NHS community contraception clinics and clinics run by the voluntary sector play an important role in providing a wide range of contraceptive services for both men and women and it is interesting to see that an increasing number of men are now using these services."
A full version of the report can be found here.
Today's report from The IC complements the Office for National Statistics Omnibus Survey on contraception and sexual health which is also issued today. Full details can be found on the ONS website here.
*A time-series for data relating to long acting reversible contraceptives is not available prior to 2003/04.
1. The Information Centre (The IC) is England's authoritative, independent source of health and social care information. It works with more than 300 health and social care providers nationwide to provide the facts and figures that help the NHS and social services run effectively. Its role is to collect data, analyse it and convert it into useful information which helps providers improve their services and supports academics, researcher, regulators and policymakers in their work.
The IC also produces a wide range of statistical publications each year across a number of areas including: primary care, health and lifestyles, screening, hospital care, population and geography, social care and workforce and pay statistics.
2. Information on NHS community contraception clinic services (formerly family planning clinics) includes services provided by trusts in NHS clinics and as domiciliary visits and Brook services. It does not include services provided by consultants in out-patient clinics or those provided by general practitioners. However limited data is presented in this publication on out-patient clinics from The Information Centre's Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and prescription data from the Prescribing Support Unit (PSU).
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