New HFEA data – one in 32 UK children now born via IVF
One in every 32 children born in the UK is conceived through IVF, according to the latest figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
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ICB (Integrated Care Board)
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.
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Manchester health board plans to cut IVF to one cycle
NHS Greater Manchester is consulting on a proposal to harmonise the number of NHS-funded IVF cycles offered across the region, meaning a reduction in cycles for some residents...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Opposite-sex couples three times more likely to have IVF on NHS
A recent report published by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority showed that same-sex couples and single women are less likely to obtain fertility treatment on the NHS, with opposite-sex couples three times more likely to be given NHS funding...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Fertility trends: Outcomes improve but NHS cycles down
The most recent HFEA data provides a window on trends in the UK fertility sector, writes Ephia Yasmin...
Fall in NHS-funded IVF cycles
The average age that women start fertility treatment has risen as the total number of fertility cycles funded by the NHS has fallen...
Putting PET in the spotlight
A fertility policy tracker, code of practice, media work and so much more – discover what the charity PET does in addition to publishing BioNews and producing events…
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Tracking equity in fertility treatment: Two years on from the Women's Health Strategy
PET marks the second anniversary of the Women's Health Strategy by launching the PET Fertility Policy Tracker – a simple to use and free to access tracker of ICBs' fertility policies in England...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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...