Government seeks women's views on reproductive health in England
The UK government has launched a survey seeking women's views on reproductive health issues, including fertility services...
Integrated Care Boards run Integrated Care Systems, which are responsible for commissioning health and care services across England as of 1 July 2022, replacing Clinical Commissioning Groups. They must be made up of at least five executive directors, plus three non-executives.
The UK government has launched a survey seeking women's views on reproductive health issues, including fertility services...
Fertility equality campaigners have decided to withdraw their application for a judicial review of a policy affecting same-sex female couples against their local NHS commissioners...
by Luke Steventon and 1 others
Just three out of 42 Integrated Care Boards are offering the recommended three full NHS-funded IVF cycles across their entire area, analysis by the Progress Educational Trust has shown...
The Government said in its Women's Health Strategy that it was 'committed to greater transparency of the provision of IVF services across the country and will therefore explore mechanisms to publish data nationally on provision and availability of IVF'...
by Ryan Au
One year after the publication of the Women's Health Strategy, a panel of doctors, campaigners and politicians asked what – if anything – had changed for fertility patients...
by Ochuko Oyeye
GPs should use their 'soft influence' to lobby commissioners for better fertility treatment, the president of the Royal College of GPs said at an event hosted by PET...
Many NHS GPs in England do not have an accurate understanding of the NICE Fertility Guideline, local funding or eligibility for referral for specialist consultation, research commissioned by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) has shown...
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board has proposed a single policy for access to NHS-funded fertility treatment for the area, that will see access for some residents reduced...
Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board has made access to NHS-funded IVF consistent across the area, following a review...
by Hannah Flynn
Transgender patients and other patients who receive treatment that may impact their fertility, will be able to access fertility preservation funded by the NHS in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire for the first time...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.