News

Here you will find all news articles for those facing the challenges of childlessness.

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Fertility services decision for Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire

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 

Fertility Network UK responds to Belfast Health Trust consultation

With only one NHS IVF treatment cycle in N. Ireland available to eligible couples, staff at Fertility Network UK were deeply disappointed the Health Trust proposed to defer all NHS IVF treatment for new patients until 1 April 2018. This proposal, with a potential saving of £750,000, was open to…

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

National Fertility Awareness Week 2017

National Fertility Awareness Week is Monday 30 October- Sunday 5 November 2017.

Your Future Fertility – Fertility Network Scotland

Fertility Network Scotland's attendance at Freshers' Events in the North East of Scotland got off to a great start at the end of August with an extremely well organised and well attended day at Dundee & Angus College's Arbroath Campus.  All preparations had been made  there by the Learner Engagement…

Charity of the Year 2017 – Vote Now!

Just Giving have opened voting for their charity of the year. Do you feel able to help us and vote for YOUR charity? This kind of award would really help raise the profile of Fertility Network UK, the work we do and the issues the 3.5 million people in the…

World Childless Week 11 – 17 September

Today, September 11th 2017, marks the first day of the first World Childless Week which continues until Sunday 17th September.

Fertility Network meets with MP to talk about campaign for fair access to IVF

Anya Sizer, Regional Organiser for London has been meeting with Labour MP Paula Sherriff to talk about the campaign for fair access to IVF for all. Paula was one of the powerhouse MPs behind the recent Tampon Tax campaign and is determined to get the IVF Debate clearly on the…

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough suspends NHS IVF for at least 18 months

Suspension of NHS IVF devastating for patients already waiting unnecessarily long times

Meeting with Department of Health to push for reversal of NHS Fertility treatment deferment

Sharon Davidson, N. Ireland Co-ordinator, Fertility Network and Berkeley Greenwood, Political Advisor, Fertility Fairness met with key representatives from the Department of Health, Secondary Care Directorate today. We made a very strong case for the possible 5 month deferment of NHS fertility services to be reversed. This economically short sighted…

Good news on IVF waiting times in Scotland

With support of the Scottish Government, IVF provision in Scotland continues to be the most equitable and fair in the UK. Patients in Scotland are offered up to 3 cycles of treatment where it will be clinically effective, with the same criteria being applied to all patients regardless of where…

Fertility Network UK campaign for fair access to NHS IVF

Make a difference #IVFGoldStandard UK fertility guidelines from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) state that if you are unable to have children without medical help, women under 40 should be able to access 3 full cycles of NHS IVF (if clinically eligible). However, the vast majority…

Deferring NHS IVF in Northern Ireland distressing for patients and economically short-sighted

To stop these cuts happening please complete online consultation.

Advice to existing patients affected by NHS IVF cuts in West, East and South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs

New NHS IVF policies in West, East and South Cheshire and Vale Royal affect existing patients as well as new referrals

Only women aged between 30-35 to be able to access NHS IVF suggests Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCGs

To stop these changes happening fill in online survey here

Southend CCG consults on removing NHS IVF

Please complete brief online survey here to save NHS IVF in Southend

Adoption Workshop

Are you considering moving from fertility treatment into adoption?

Fertility Network UK is on the move!

Fertility Network have been busy this last month, preparing for the relocation to our new head office. After 14 eventful years at Charter House in Bexhill, we moving to London. The new Fertility Network UK head office location Our details of our new location are: Address 20 Egerton Drive Greenwich…