Draft IVF guidelines spark debate
Draft guidelines aimed at standardising the government-funded provision of fertility treatment in the UK triggered media speculation last week. The first version of the recommendations being developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) suggest offering up to six IVF attempts to women under forty, according to a report...
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IVF on the NHS?
by Juliet Tizzard
This weekend, the Daily Mail newspaper broke a story that a British government agency is considering a proposal to offer six IVF cycles to women under 40 years of age on the National Health Service (NHS). If NICE, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, ends up publishing what are at...