Cuts in Fertility Services Decried

The possible cut back in fertility services in the NHS is being greeted with horror across the UK. The furor started when North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) stopped its fertility service saying there were financial issues.

Reacting to this move, Claire Brown, of Infertility Network UK said she was horrified, "I think many people underestimate the emotional and physical impact of infertility," she added.

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According to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), infertile couples are entitled to at least three IVF cycles. A leaked document from PCT on Radio Stoke said that IVF treatments should not be commissioned and should only be considered in a "young woman with cancer who has no children."

North Staffordshire PCT clarified that the general health of the patients would always be taken into consideration, "just that specific fertility treatments should not be commenced with no prospect of them being continued."

Invitro Fertilisation
During IVF fertilization takes place invitro, in an incubated petri dish. The resulting embryo is transferred back to the uterus on Day 3 at the 6-8 cell stage. Sometimes the embryo transfer in done at the blastocyst stage on Day 5. The embryo is drawn into a specialized catheter along with a small amount of culture medium and is transferred to the uterus.

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