Members of the Royal College of Nursing have voted to call on the government to fund three cycles of IVF for those who need it, and to put an end to the current postcode lottery for treatment.
Delegates at the RCN's annual Congress voted nine to one in favour of the proposal to lobby the government to ensure that local primary care trusts put the guidance they were given four years ago into action.
In 2004, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that the primary care trusts should fund three cycles of IVF for those who needed it. At the time it was welcomed by all those in the field, but things have not improved for patients since.
in some areas there is still no funding for IVF at all. In others there is funding for one cycle, but many primary care trusts have invented their own eligibility criteria which means that many couples don't qualify.
It is wonderful news that the Royal College of Nursing have recognised the heartache caused by the current system, which has been branded a 'disgrace'.
The story has been taken up by the Daily Mail, and you can read more about it at www.dailymail.co.uk
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