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Question for Department of Health

UIN 23477, tabled on 20 January 2016

Question

Julie Elliott
Labour
Sunderland Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which regions the NHS provides funding for IVF treatment.

Answer

Jane Ellison
Conservative
Battersea
Commons

Answered on

25 January 2016

In vitro fertilisation treatment is provided in all four NHS England Regions. The level of provision of infertility treatment, as for all health services they commission, is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and will take into account the needs of the population overall. The CCG’s decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local healthcare needs. As such, provision of services will vary in response to local needs.


NHS England expects that all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the National Institute for Health and Care fertility guidelines.

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