Question reference: S5W-00472
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 2 June 2016
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 June 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what conclusions its National Infertility Group has reached in relation to (a) calls for the NHS to deliver three full cycles of IVF and (b) enhancing IVF services.
Answer
The National infertility group’s report was published on 13 June 2016 at http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/06/9960. The group was asked to look at a number of areas, including widening access criteria and increasing the number of full IVF cycles from two to three. The Scottish Government has accepted all recommendations in the report from the national infertility group, except the recommendation to remove eligibility for couples where the woman is aged between 40 and 42. The existing criteria in this area will remain. Work will now begin to develop a sustainable implementation plan, including timescales for the introduction of the criteria changes in the group’s report.