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Help save NHS IVF in Bedfordshire

Please help: write to your MP today. Bedfordshire health bosses are consulting on whether to cut NHS fertility services completely. Bedfordshire clinical commissioning group (CCG) currently provides 1 NHS-funded cycle of IVF for eligible people with fertility problems; the consultation is to ask local people whether this 1 cycle of IVF…

I N UK supports single embryo transfer

Because of the dangers associated with twin and triplet pregnancy for both mother and baby, I N UK supports elective single embryo transfer for patients most at risk of a multiple birth.

INUK and CREATE Fertility in gold partnership

Infertility Network UK is delighted to announce its first gold partnership in the UK – with pioneering fertility clinic CREATE Fertility. Professor Geeta Nargund, medical director CREATE Fertility said: ‘We are proud to be the UK flagship fertility clinic supporting Infertility Network UK in its vital work. We look forward…

INUK welcomes new HFEA fertility trends report

Commenting on the new fertility trends report from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), Susan Seenan, chief executive of leading patient fertility charity Infertility Network UK said: ‘Fertility problems affect one in six couples in the UK, so it is heartening to see how many people are being helped…

Are you a victim of England’s IVF postcode lottery?

Are you a victim of the postcode lottery for NHS-funded fertility services in England? If you are, contacting your local MP is one of the key ways you can lobby to help save NHS IVF and also express how you feel about this cruel and unethical rationing of fertility treatment.…

Time to teach the facts of fertility

The vast majority of young adults in the UK (87%) do not know female fertility is declining by a woman’s late twenties, reveals a new survey from leading patient fertility charity Infertility Network UK.

South West IVF black spot

Health bosses in Somerset are ignoring patient need and public demand to slash NHS fertility treatment and make the South West a fertility black spot.

Major new award from Big Lottery Fund

Infertility Network UK, the leading patient fertility charity, is delighted to announce a major award from the Big Lottery Fund to develop a new website for the charity.

IVF not linked to developmental delays in children

Children conceived via IVF are at no greater risk of developmental delays than children conceived naturally, says a major new study from the US National Institutes of Health.

Men matter too

Male fertility remains a huge taboo in the UK with many men unwilling to discuss or address their fertility concerns with their partner or GP, according to research released today from Nuffield Health, in partnership with Infertility Network UK.

When 1 + 1 does not make 2

In National Fertility Awareness Week 2-8 November 2015; do you know the fertility facts top ten? 1 in 6 couples in the UK struggle to become parents (source: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology). 1 in 50 births in the UK are as a result of fertility treatment (source:…