Trying To Conceive

After 13 years working for the Charity in Northern Ireland, Sharon Davidson has decided to move on in a different career direction. Sharon has really enjoyed working for the Charity and will miss the committed staff, whom she describes as caring, supportive and really focussed on the needs of those…

On Saturday 20th January 2018 over 100 men and women from the trying to conceive community, many from Instagram, came together for a lunch organised by IVF Babble and some other amazing individuals. The Fertility Network UK were proud to support the event alongside several other speakers. This is the…

All of Lancashire and South Cumbria's 8 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are consulting on plans to cuts NHS IVF provision from 2 full IVF cycles to 1 full IVF cycle. The deadline to respond to the public survey is 6 April 2018. The survey is here https://www.elesurvey.co.uk/f/614854/e6e2/ The 8 CCGs…

  Sharon Davidson met Paula Bradshaw, Alliance Party Spokesperson and Kellie Armstrong MLA at Parliament Buildings Stormont on Monday 8 January 2018 to talk about NHS IVF treatment for same sex female couples and moving beyond 1 NHS IVF treatment cycle for all couples in N. Ireland.

Whether you're looking to start a family, or if you're having difficulty conceiving for a second or third time, The Fertility Show will give you all the tools you need to make informed decisions about the options available to you to become a parent.  This is a unique environment to meet…

Facing Christmas and the festive season when you’re struggling with fertility issues can be too painful to bear. It’s hard enough seeing images of family and what you don’t have and want during the rest of the year, but there’s something about Christmas that can make it far, far worse.…

Commenting on the HFEA’s state of the fertility sector report 2016-2017, Aileen Feeney, chief executive of leading patient charity Fertility Network UK said: ‘While we welcome the news that fertility clinics are close to reaching targets on reducing the number of multiple births (with their concomitant health risks to mother…

In 2009, Mr Abdalla announced that The Lister Fertility Clinic would be offering a limited number of free IVF cycles. This was in response to the NICE guidelines on fertility treatment and in an effort to bring to an end the IVF postcode lottery. 2018 will mark the 8th year…

The Taking pART study, based at the University of Oxford, is looking at how people decide to allow their personal data to be used to research. If you have been a patient at a fertility clinic in England, you will have likely completed a number of consent forms. One of…

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have announced they will not cut the age limit for women eligible for IVF to between 30-35. The news is a victory for patient power: 90 per cent of respondents to the CCGs' consultation disagreed with the proposals. As part…

Bath and North East Somerset clinical commissioning group (CCG) has announced plans to restrict access to NHS IVF to women aged between 23-35 - this is in contravention of national guidelines which say that clinically eligible women under 40 should be able to access 3 full IVF cycles. To register…

8 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Kent and Medway are considering 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. The CCGs plans to publish their revised policy next month, with a three-month…

Infertility hits men hard – affecting their mental health, self-esteem, relationships, sex life, masculinity, career and finances; its treatment is one-sided and insensitive, and emotional support is scarce, according to the first qualitative survey of men’s experiences of fertility problems. What men would like to see now is a shift…

Scotland provides the #IVFGold standard - 3 full IVF cycles for women under 40 and access if one of a couple has a child from a previous relationship. In contrast, in England, it is your postcode and your pay packet, and not your medical need, which are now the key…

It’s National Fertility Awareness Week 30 October – 5 November, here's what's happening. Mon 30 Oct: we reveal the best and worst places to live in the UK if you’re hoping to access NHS IVF, and for the first time provide the data in a league table of 17 ranked…

National Fertility Awareness Week 30 Oct -5 Nov 2017 #IVFis40 #FertilityFellas #TalkFertility It’s a week until National Fertility Awareness Week 30 October – 5 November, don’t miss these highlights: Mon 30 Oct: we reveal the best and worst places to live in the UK if you’re hoping to access NHS…

Herts Valleys clinical commissioning group (CCG) has removed all NHS IVF, while East and North Hertfordshire CCG has slashed its NHS IVF provision from 3 IVF cycles to  1 cycle despite overwhelming public opposition to the cuts. Commenting on this, Sarah Norcross, co-chair of Fertility Fairness said: ‘This is terrible…

Plans to halt NHS IVF in Northern Ireland for five months have been suspended. A massive thank you to everyone for all their hard work campaigning, including our amazing media volunteers who helped to raise awareness of the impact of these plans on patients; it's a great example of patient…

On 10 November 1977, IVF worked and nine months later Louise Joy Brown – the world’s first IVF baby – was born. Since then more than a quarter of a million UK babies have been born via IVF. As part of this year’s National Fertility Awareness Week 30 Oct –…

Bath Fertility is to take over NHS fertility services for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire clinical commissioning groups.  Read the full article here http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/nhs-ivf-treatment-bristol-taken-576128