Concern over lack of funding for IVF and sterilisation options in England | Letters
by Letters from on (#2YQGE)
Diane Munday says vasectomy and female sterilisation operations should not have funding withdrawn, Diane Chandler says IVF ought not be restricted to those who can afford to pay for it, and Clare Munks says the 'turkey baster' method - properly called intrauterine insemination (IUI) - may be worth considering
Even worse than the postcode lottery on IVF treatment being introduced by clinical commissioning groups (Report, 7 August) is the short-termism and lack of joined-up thinking in deciding what patient services to axe in order to save money.
In my area (Herts Valleys), at a recent public consultation event, proposals were not only to cease providing "IVF and specialist fertility services" but also to stop funding vasectomy and female sterilisation operations. But funding of pregnancy/birth/postnatal care as well as abortions will continue.
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