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NHS (National Health Service)
The National Health Service (NHS) is a publicly funded healthcare system in the United Kingdom.
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...
Fertility and period app data sharing to be reviewed by regulator
How companies are using data collected in fertility and period apps in the UK will be reviewed by the Information Commissioner's Office, to identify whether any potentially harmful practices are occurring...
Uterus transplants: Should selection criteria be expanded?
News that a team in the UK has performed the country's first uterus transplant has triggered debate over future criteria for recipients...
Woman gives sister uterus in UK transplant first
A 40-year-old woman has donated her uterus to her younger sister in the UK's first successful transplant of its kind...
NICE does not support NHS funding of haemophilia gene therapy
The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance recommending against the use of a new gene therapy for haemophilia B on the NHS...
Genetic testing and insurance
Some genetic testing comes with some risk that it will make it difficult for an individual to access some forms of insurance in the UK. Here Sophie Peet asks how regulation of this should be changed to keep pace with changes in genomics and our understanding of discrimination…
UK-wide study of children's DNA launched
DNA, Children and Young People's Health Resource is the world's first national research programme aimed at furthering understanding of how children's genes determine their physical and mental health...
Wegan withdraws legal case against Frimley ICB
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...
ICBs fail to improve NHS fertility treatment access, despite Women's Health Strategy
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...