Understanding your awareness of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)

Overview

We are gathering insights to understand resident awareness and experiences of contraception and contraception services. Your feedback will help us improve local services, information, and access so they better meet people’s needs. This survey is anonymous and takes 5–10 minutes to complete .

What is Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)?

LARC is a contraceptive method that

• works for months or years
• you don’t have to remember to take or use them regularly
• is very effective at preventing pregnancy
• can be removed at any time if you want to stop or try for a baby

LARC includes methods like the implant and coil.

Types of LARC Methods

• Implant: A small rod placed under the skin of the upper arm that releases progestogen for up to 3 years. It’s more than 99% effective to prevent pregnancy.
• Intrauterine Device (IUD/Copper Coil): A small T-shaped plastic and copper device placed in the womb, lasting 5–10 years. IUD’s with more copper is more than 99% effective to prevent pregnancy.
• Intrauterine System (IUS/Hormonal Coil): A similar device to the IUD is a small T-shaped plastic device placed in womb that releases progestogen, lasting up to 5 years. It is more than 99% effective to prevent pregnancy.

Why your views matter

Your input on this survey is valuable for the council and our partners. We want to make sure contraception services work for everyone in our community- and your voice is essential in helping us do that. By sharing your experiences and views, you will help us improve access, provide clearer and more relevant information, and shape services around what people really need. Your feedback will also help us work more closely with clinicians, GPs, clinics, and partner organisations to deliver more joined-up care and a better overall patient experience. Whether you have used contraception or not, your perspective truly matters.

Data protection 

This questionnaire and the information we collect will be used for the purposes of evidence-based decision making on long acting reversible contraception services. We are committed to the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulations. By continuing to complete this questionnaire and submitting your responses, you are consenting to us processing this data. 

This will be used to make decisions in a public forum, and the results will be published online, and anonymous data may be accessed by third parties to validate the results of the survey. 

We will only retain the data collected for as long as is necessary and, after the period determined by our Data Protection Officer, this data will be destroyed in accordance with our IT and Information Security Procedures. 

Please refer to our data privacy notice for further details on how we protect your privacy. 

If you have any concerns or questions about how we look after your personal information, please email DataProtectionOfficer@slough.gov.uk