#makeIVFfair

Fertility Network UK supports Steve McCabe MP’s bill to equalise IVF treatment in the UK

#makeIVFfair Fertility Network UK supports Steve McCabe MP’s bill to equalise IVF treatment in the UK

Aileen Feeney, chief executive of leading patient charity Fertility Network UK said: ‘Fertility Network UK wholeheartedly supports Steve McCabe MP’s call for the Government to treat infertility like any other illness and provide access to NHS fertility equitably across the UK. England’s NHS fertility services are being decimated: in the last 16 months, more than 1 in 10 of England’s clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have cut or removed NHS IVF and a further 1 in 10 are currently consulting on doing so; it is a national disgrace.’
‘Access to fertility treatment should be dependent on your medical need – and not your postcode and pay packet. The UK pioneered IVF 40 years ago but that achievement literally means nothing if only those who can afford to pay for fertility treatment benefit from it. Now is the time to #makeIVFfair.’