In Vitro Fertilisation

(asked on 23rd January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question 119189, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policy on the provision of and access to IVF treatment in England.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 31st January 2018

Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning local health services and ensuring the needs of the local health population are met. NHS England is responsible for oversight of the commissioning system. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines are evidence-based best practice for clinicians but are not mandatory.

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