Fertility: Offenders
(asked on 5th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether women who have received criminal convictions for (a) non-violent and (b) non-sexual crimes are eligible for NHS fertility treatment.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 10th January 2024
There is no national guidance about eligibility for National Health Service-funded fertility treatment based on past criminal convictions. In England, decisions about local fertility services are determined by integrated care boards.