Today there is a backbench business debate in the House of Commons about the funding of fertility treatments. MP Steve McCabe will lead the debate.

Professor Adam Balen, Chair of the British Fertility Society said:

“The British Fertility Society welcomes this important debate taking place today. It will help raise the issue of […]

The first baby has been born in the Ukraine using pronuclear transfer, a technique used in mitochondrial donation.

Dr Jane Stewart, Secretary of the British Fertility Society (BFS) and Consultant in Reproductive Medicine at the Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life said:

“Pronuclear Transfer for mitochondrial disease involves fertilising the mother’s egg and then […]

Currently there is insufficient funding provided by the NHS. Furthermore the amount of funding varies widely around the country – there really is a “post code lottery” and a huge amount of unfairness. Overall, this year has seen sustained disinvestment in England. Only 17% of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) fund 3 cycles, another 17% fund […]

Inform the House of Commons debate on IVF and other NHS fertility services

Is it fair that IVF access should be determined by a series of local rationing and budgetary decisions or is it a medical entitlement that should be available to all?

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IVF treatment needs a more holistic and individualised approach, a world leader in fertility and reproductive health will say today at the Fertility 2017 conference in Edinburgh.

Fertility 2017 is the 10th joint conference of the UK Fertility Societies: the Association of Clinical Embryologists, the British Fertility Society and the Society for Reproduction & […]

Today (5 January) marks the start of the 10th joint conference of the UK Fertility Societies: the Association of Clinical Embryologists, the British Fertility Society and the Society for Reproduction & Fertility.

The world of fertility and reproductive medicine is a very exciting one and is constantly evolving.

From the latest developments in […]