Minister announces extra help for IVF provision
(cz) India’s [ed.] Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today outlined new measures to help the NHS improve childless couples’ access to IVF treatment. Following on from the NICE guideline on fertility, published in 2004, which recommended up to three cycles of IVF for eligible patients, the Department of Health is working with leading infertility patient group Infertility Network UK to assist PCTs in giving consideration to fertility treatment and improve access.
This work will include:
* developing, in partnership with the NHS, social access criteria for IVF treatment to ensure a standardised approach across the country for deciding which couples are eligible for treatment;
* producing best practice guidance for PCTs, so that those struggling to provide enough cycles to patients can learn from other PCTs that are successfully implementing the NICE recommendations;
* the Department of Health has also announced that it will begin monitoring IVF provision across the country to help identify where the NHS may need further assistance. more…
From: »SpiritIndia«