Women outside the 30 to 35 age bracket could be denied IVF treatment, after it was revealed that 13 areas in England had cut services to save money. Figures from the Fertility Network UK showed that patients were facing a postcode lottery for treatment, despite government guidelines that this should not happen. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Bristol, south Gloucestershire and north Somerset are considering confining treatment to women aged between 30 and 35, and eight more areas are thinking about similar cutbacks, The Guardian revealed. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), which provides national healthcare guidance, recommends that women under 40 who have been trying to conceive for two years be entitled to three cycles of fertility treatment, and those between…

Source: The Times August 07, 2017 00:00 UTC