NHS South West Essex resumes IVF funding
NHS South West Essex has reinstated funding for IVF seven months after suspending the service. The move comes after the PCT reduced running costs by £400,000 last year to financially break even...
A Primary Care Trust is an English National Health Service (NHS) organisation that provides some primary care (e.g. doctor's surgery/office) and some community (e.g. community nursing) services.
NHS South West Essex has reinstated funding for IVF seven months after suspending the service. The move comes after the PCT reduced running costs by £400,000 last year to financially break even...
NHS Warwickshire is to resume providing fertility services this month after it suspended many routine procedures last summer amid financial concerns....
Bury NHS trust in Greater Manchester has reinstated fertility treatment after suspending the service in September 2010 due to financial constraints....
A recent survey has found that two thirds of women would consider moving to another area of the UK to access IVF on the NHS....
West Cheshire will decide this month whether to become the latest region to suspend NHS-funded IVF treatment. The West Cheshire Health Consortium, which is made up of 38 GP practices, claims it needs to cut IVF to deliver healthcare to its aging population...
by Leo Perfect
Researchers from the University of Western Australia have published a study suggesting IVF effectiveness could be improved by undergoing more cycles....
by Leo Perfect
Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT) has reversed its decision to suspend IVF treatment and has adopted a unified policy across neighbouring PCTs in North West London to offer one full cycle of IVF to eligible patients....
Public health minister Anne Milton has said NHS Primary Care Trusts should follow existing guidelines and offer three cycles of IVF to eligible couples....
A couple from Dorset expecting to receive two cycles of IVF on the NHS has spoke out against the trust after being told they could have access to only one....
Over the last few months BioNews has covered the developing story that a number of PCTs across England have suspended their fertility services, citing financial constraints as a prominent factor....
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