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Covid-19
Clinics are currently safely offering treatment during lockdown. Treatment at some clinics may be affected by the pandemic due to local circumstances, for example if clinic staff are ill or isolating, or have been redeployed. Before commencing treatment, you should be fully informed of the risks related to Covid-19, including…
Your Fertility Treatment and Covid-19
Covid-19 has caused stress and sadness for so many couples. It's a very difficult time for people who are already facing hardship and uncertainty. In this video, Angela Pericleous-Smith, BICA Specialist fertility counsellor, offers advice and ways to cope in this difficult time.
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Fertility Network UK understand that the current situation with Coronavirus (Covid 19) is stressful and confusing for everyone, especially couples who are trying to conceive and undergoing fertility treatment. Our support lines are open and we are encouraging support groups to move online for the time being. Our support line…
Thinking about adoption?
Buckinghamshire County Council’s Adoption service launches adoption application toolkit to give all the facts
It’s time to end the IVF postcode lottery
The postcode lottery is cruel and unjust. Access to fertility treatment should be dependent on your medical need, not your postcode or pay packet.
This Beautiful Little Shop
It was great to support this initiative encouraging men to talk more openly about mental health #MenMatter https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bv1e4JUP9u8
Nine fertility facts you should know – global experts launch fertility campaign to dispel common reproductive myths
Poster campaign launched to promote the need for improved fertility education, as future family plans can benefit from knowing important facts about fertility
Disbelief as couple’s IVF petition shelved due to upcoming general election
A couple from Abingdon say they're shocked that their petition to Parliament to raise awareness over IVF treatment has been shelved, due to the coming general election. Ben and Emily Scott have been campaigning against what they call an "IVF postcode lottery" but now have a new fight on their…
PET launches egg freezing #ExtendTheLimit campaign
The Progress Educational Trust (PET) has launched its #ExtendTheLimit campaign, asking the UK public to sign an online petition requiring Parliament to address the law on egg freezing time limits (see BioNews 1021). Current legislation only permits women to store frozen eggs for a maximum of ten years, unless they have medically certified premature infertility.…
Exciting news for Fertility Network Wales…
Amazing news for Fertility Network Wales, and for the rest of our community.
Have your say on Stockport CCG
Have your say and help save IVF in Stockport. Complete the online survey before 20 Oct 19 to register your views on Stockport CCG either cutting the number of IVF cycles it offers from 2 to 1 or removing NHS IVF completely. Please click here to complete the survey
IVF services could be cut in Stockport under new proposals
Health bosses are looking at the possibility of cutting the service back to one course or not offering the treatment at all, citing 'financial pressures'
Fertility Fairness responds to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG’s decision
Sarah Norcross, co-chair of campaign group Fertility Fairness and director of Progress Educational trust said: ‘Fertility patients in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will be devastated to hear that the clinical commissioning group has decided to remove access to NHS IVF permanently – despite the Government’s warning that it is unacceptable to…
#CryingShame – Campaign for Fertility Support Services
It's a #CryingShame - Campaign for Fertility Support Services is supporting people coping with the roller coaster of emotions people feel whilst trying to conceive, such as feelings, depression and isolation.
Couple call for an end to Oxfordshire’s IVF ‘postcode lottery’
A ‘POSTCODE lottery’ in IVF treatment has been accused of having a ‘devastating’ impact on couples struggling to have children in Oxfordshire. Emily Scott and her husband Ben from Abingdon had been trying to get pregnant for three years when they realised something may be wrong and discussed options with…
Get A Drip ‘fertility’ IV that costs £250 withdrawn from sale
A wellness company has withdrawn a £250 IV "fertility drip" after experts said it could "exploit vulnerable women".
Government demands IVF “lottery” ends in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The Department of Health and Social Care has demanded all NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) provide free IVF treatments. Free fertility treatment for Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and parts of Essex were previously scrapped in order to save the NHS money. On behalf of the government, MP Jackie Doyle described the situation…
Experts Discuss: ‘Social Egg Freezing’ – Does It Alleviate or Increase the Pressure Among Women to Have a Baby Early?
A panel of leading fertility experts discuss fertility preservation considerations for women on their fertility journey VIENNA, June 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts have gathered at a Gedeon Richter-sponsored panel discussion to debate the pressure paradox of egg freezing, a procedure which is on the rise in Europe.1 In the EU, the average age…
Fertility Network and ITV London Secondary Fertility Survey
Have you experienced secondary infertility and live in London? ITV London and Fertility Network have collaborated on a survey that we would love for you to complete. Click here to start this survey. Thank you so much for your help.
A hello and introduction from our new interim management team!
Find out more about our interim Chief Executive and Head of Fundraising