Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will tackle inequalities for lesbian and bi women in accessing IVF under NICE guidelines.
In England, decisions about local fertility services are determined by clinical commissioning groups, taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) fertility guidelines.
NICE is reviewing their fertility guidelines which will consider the current access criteria to treatment for female same-sex couples.