NHS refusing over 30s IVF
Filed under: IVF — Alan @ 7:54 am
A new decision made by the NHS Sutton and Merton is raising controversy as it was decided that women that are in their late 30’s are no longer eligible for full IVF Treatment.
As of now the trust will now only offer a single cycle of IVF treatment to women that fall in the age range of 30 to 36 which is a vast difference from the two cycles that were offered to women between the ages of 23 to 29.
Even though the cut may be devastating for some women, it is better than the large initial cuts that were originally planned after patients and councillors raised accusations of ageism.
Health bosses said that the new cut had to be made in order for clinics to catch up with the waiting list of patients that is lengthy in the boroughs for those who need help conceiving. In the statement that announced the upcoming chance the NHS admitted that its plan only offer one cycle to women between the ages 25 to 34 was unfair.
Paul Burstow, Member of Parliament for Sutton and Chearn, stated that the issue is very emotional since IVF concerns women having the ability to conceive children.
He added that while decreasing the amount of cycles that can be offered to the women by one count may help the Trust save money but will be more damaging since it will reduce the amount of women that are able to help children.
Burstow continued to comment that only one in four women is able to conceive in just one cycle of treatment which makes the cut even crueller.
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