News
Southend slashes NHS IVF; Essex the UK’s IVF black spot
Southend has cut the number of NHS IVF cycles it offers from 2 to just 1 partial cycle and removed NHS IVF for women over 40
Ibuprofen taken in the first three months of pregnancy may harm the future fertility of baby girls – Fertility Network UK responds
Fertility Network statement on research suggesting ibuprofen taken in early pregnancy may damage female babies' future fertility
Full funding of IVF treatment would lower rates of multiple pregnancies – Fertility Network UK responds
Fertility network statement on RCOG paper on full funding of IVF and multiple pregnancies
8 Lancashire CCGs reconsult on cutting NHS IVF
Please complete online survey here before 6 April 2018 to oppose these cuts
Coping with Christmas
Facing the festive season when struggling with fertility problems can be too painful to bear; here are some thoughts on how to cope
Fertility Network UK statement on HFEA fertility sector report 2016-2017
Concerns about the number of adverse incidents at fertility clinics continuing to rise
Help needed: to find out how people feel about the use of their personal data in fertility research
Please help by completing a short, anonymous survey - just 5 questions
Fertility Network UK statement on egg freezing
Do you know the five ages of female fertility?
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire U-turn on female age restriction plans for NHS IVF
A wonderful example of patient power: 90% voted against the introduction of strict female age restrictions
Bath and North East Somerset plan cuts to NHS IVF
The proposal would mean only women under 35 and over 23 would be able to access NHS IVF; age restrictions will be introduced for men too
8 CCGs in Kent and Medway consider cutting or removing NHS IVF
The 8 CCGs currently provide 2 partial cycles and are considering cutting this to just 1 partial cycle or 0 cycles
Male infertility is emasculating, its treatment one-sided and insensitive and emotional support is lacking, first qualitative survey of men’s experiences of fertility problems finds
Major new survey on men's experience of infertility from Fertility Network UK and Leeds Beckett University.
It’s National Fertility Awareness Week 30 Oct -5 Nov 2017
Join us in providing support, improving awareness, raising funds and changing perceptions for everyone affected by fertility issues
National Fertility Awareness Week 30 Oct – 5 Nov 2017
National Fertility Awareness Week 30 October – 5 November is just a week away. Find out what's happening here
Cuts to NHS IVF in Hertfordshire
Herts Valleys clinical commissioning group (CCG) removes NHS IVF; East and North Hertfordshire CCG slashes its NHS IVF provision from 3 IVF cycles to 1 cycle
Good news: plans to halt NHS IVF in Northern Ireland suspended
Patient campaign to fight the proposed cuts successful; a great example of patient power
Professor Iwan Lewis-Jones Memorial Prize
New andrology prizes for Young Scientist and Young Clinician
Patient event – The politics of infertility 1 Nov 17
Fertility Network UK invites anyone facing fertility issues to an event in Parliament on 1 Nov 5-6.30pm to discuss fair funding for IVF
#IVFis40 National Fertility Awareness Week 30 Oct – 5 Nov 2017
We want to hear your IVF memories - positive and negative - to help raise awareness of fertility issues
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough suspends NHS IVF for at least 18 months
Suspension of NHS IVF devastating for patients already waiting unnecessarily long times