‘A giant step’: charities welcome plan to widen access to IVF on NHS

Change removes need for single women and same-sex couples to privately fund artificial insemination

The government's decision to remove additional barriers some LGBTQ couples face in accessing NHS-funded fertility treatments has been welcomed by charities and equalities organisations.

Under current rules, heterosexual couples can access NHS-funded fertility treatments once they demonstrate that they have been trying to conceive naturally for a period of time.