The NHS has been is accused of inflicting further misery on childless couples by denying them access to IVF treatment which may be their last chance of becoming parents. Some 73% of health trusts in England and Wales are flouting NHS guidelines under which couples facing problems conceiving should be offered up to three cycles of treatment, MPs and peers have found.
A new report from the all-party parliamentary group on infertility found that NHS organisations are placing "arbitrary restrictions" on access to IVF. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) guidance says that infertile couples in which the woman is aged between 23 and 39 should get up to three cycles provided by the NHS.
But freedom of information requests by the all-party group found that some primary care trusts refuse it to many women within that age bracket, while others are denied access on grounds of the couple's weight, smoking status or whether one of them had children from a previous relationship.
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