An article in The Times
Hopefully they will finally accept that they have a duty to provide treatment although, seeing as they ignored NICE guidelines from 2004, I doubt they will. They have too may car parks to build, too many over-paid and under-performing directors to keep in their expensive cars and comfortable houses...
Showing posts with label Expert Group on Commissioning NHS Infertility Provision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Expert Group on Commissioning NHS Infertility Provision. Show all posts
Monday, 23 February 2009
Monday, 25 August 2008
Fresh pressure on PCTs to provide IVF
Following a meeting by the Expert Group on Commissioning NHS Infertility Provision, the Government's Health Minister, Dawn Primarolo, has written to all PCTs to recommend that three courses of IVF should be provided to all eligible couples, rather than the one course that 95% of PCTs now offer, writes The Times. It us such a shame that North Yorkshire and York PCT remains one of three PCTs to offer no IVF treatment whatsoever.
I will be contacting them next week to see if this new recomendation will finally make them shift from their position, compel them to act positively and think with compassion towards couples struggling to conceive rather than looking into their collective wallets.
I will be contacting them next week to see if this new recomendation will finally make them shift from their position, compel them to act positively and think with compassion towards couples struggling to conceive rather than looking into their collective wallets.
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