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IVF funding suspended by many NHS trusts
By Kimberley Smith on 14/03/2011 13:49:09
Cuts to IVF funding mean postcode lottery for infertile couples, with two thirds willing to move home to find IVF on the NHS
for fertility treatment altogether, research by the Infertility Network has discovered. And though national guidelines suggest that PCTs should offer three IVF cycles on the NHS, a Department of Health survey found in 2009 that only 30% of trusts offered all
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IVF postcode lottery pushing couples abroad for fertility treatment
By Jayne Braithwaite on 30/06/2011 13:40:23
Lack of donors and variations in NHS funding force infertile couples elsewhere for IVF
The UK needs to do more to encourage sperm and egg donor recruitment and widen access to NHS-funded IVF treatment, says a new report.Professor Lorraine Culley and Dr Nicky Hudson from De Montfont University (DMU) Leicester, who wrote the report
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NHS to save money by suspending IVF?
By Kimberley Smith on 09/12/2010 13:26:24
Health Secretary concerned NHS trusts are suspending IVF treatment due to funding problems
Despite NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) guidelines that state infertile couples should be allowed three IVF cycles on the NHS, several local trusts have suspended treatment to save cash.Currently eight trusts have suspended new IVF
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Asda to cut IVF drugs cost by up to £820
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 03/03/2010 14:39:08
Asda plans to offer customers IVF drugs at cost price, undercutting other big rivals
the Metro. This means half of all 40,000 IVF treatments that happen in the UK each year have to be funded by the couples.Fertility expert Dr Allan Pacey, from University of Sheffield, said, “If they can do then I think it’s great for patients. People getting
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IVF secret weapon criticised
By Kimberley Smith on 18/08/2011 11:45:27
Aspirin may not be the IVF aid it’s rumoured to be
Despite many doctors recommending a daily dose of aspirin to women undergoing IVF, there is no evidence that the drug has any effect on the treatment’s outcome.New research combined the findings of 13 international studies on the effect of aspirin
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NHS IVF post code lottery condemned by MPs
By Kimberley Smith on 09/06/2011 14:11:46
Health service criticised for ignoring NICE guidelines and causing variations in the availability of IVF across the UK
Sussex. The West Sussex Trust did not take on any new IVF patients last year.“Now we are in a new financial year, the decision we made last year on fertility treatment has been reviewed and funding has been reinstated for all eligible cases,” she added
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Hope for couples worried about cuts in IVF
By Daniella Delaney on 09/02/2011 11:38:56
NHS warns health trusts of their responsibility to couples desperately hoping for fertility treatment
that current guidelines state the need to provide up to three cycles of IVF for eligible couples, where the woman is aged between 23 and 39.His action comes after at least 10 Primary Care Trusts in England suspended funding for infertility services until
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