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IVF

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 January 2025UIN 26005

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the uptake of IVF in the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority published its Fertility Trends analysis in July 2024, based on the previous four years’ worth of data. The analysis is available at the following link:

https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2022-preliminary-trends-and-figures/

This document has helped inform the Department’s work with NHS England to consider future policy options to support integrated care boards to provide more equitable in-vitro fertilisation services.

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