Submitted on Wednesday 28th October 2015
Published on Monday 2nd November 2015
Current status: Closed
Closed: Monday 2nd May 2016
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Enforce legislation regarding IVF treatment for women up to the age of 42.
Current legislation and NICE guidelines recommend that women up to the age of 42 should be offered at least 1 cycle of IVF, however primary care trusts around the UK are ignoring this and setting the upper age limit at 39 making treatment for infertility a postcode lottery.
Many women are being rejected for fertility treatment EVEN IF THEY ARE REFERRED BEFORE THEIR 40TH BIRTHDAY, because they are deemed too old for treatment.
Treliske Hospital in Truro say that this is because the success rates are too low however with improvements in IVF techniques it is something of a myth.
One consultant advised that 'if it were sports injuries, the people make more of a fuss about that, which is why those types of treatments get funding'.
So let's make a fuss!!
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