Notice about current vasectomy wait times
There is currently a waiting list.
Unfortunately, as the vasectomy service was not running due to COVID-19, there is likely to be a significant wait for your appointment. Please click the link below for current vasectomy waiting times.
What is a vasectomy?
Vasectomy is a permanent method of contraception that will make a man sterile.
You should only consider a vasectomy if you are absolutely certain that you will never want to have a/another child.
Video explaining the vasectomy process
Please watch the video below which explains how a vasectomy is carried out and information about the risks and benefits:
Video - explaining the process of vasectomy
This video was produced by Sandyford Sexual Health Clinic in Glasgow.
How to book a vasectomy
If you would like to be considered for a vasectomy, please see your GP to request a referral to Sexual Health Fife.
We will then contact you by SMS and or Email via Patient Hub. This a secure online portal, with a 30 minute pre-assessment telephone appointment. A nurse will explain the procedure to you in more detail and answer any questions you have. This needs to be carried out regardless of any discussions which have taken place with a GP.
We will check your health and your body mass index (BMI) to ensure it will be safe for you to have the procedure. If your BMI is above 35 we will not be able to add you to the vasectomy waiting list and we will not be able to perform the procedure in Sexual Health Fife. This is because it will make the vasectomy technically more difficult and there is a greater risk of complications.
If suitable to have the procedure under local anaesthetic, you will be put on the waiting list. If this is not the case, or if there is the possibility of technical difficulties during the operation, we will ask you to attend either a phone call or a short pre-operative face to face appointment for an examination with the Vasectomy Doctor. Depending on the outcome of this, you will either go onto the waiting list for the procedure within a community setting in Sexual Health with a local anaesthetic or you could be referred to Urology at the Victoria Hospital if you require a general anaesthetic or if the procedure needs to be conducted in a hospital environment with appropriate equipment, should it be needed.
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