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Funding for Fertility in Scotland

How is fertility treatment managed in the UK?

What is the current situation regarding fertility treatment in the UK?  

How is funding of fertility managed in the Scotland?  

Criteria for access to fertility treatment in Scotland  

What is a Health Board?  

What is a full cycle of IVF treatment?  

Why will my Health Board not fund my fertility treatment?  

What fertility care am I entitled to?

What is EAGISS?  

Read the EAGISS Report  

How can I find out what criteria my Health Board uses to decide if I can receive funding for fertility treatment?  

How much fertility treatment does my Health Board provide on the NHS?

Who decides if I am entitled to NHS fertility treatment?  

What is the extent of variability in the funding of fertility treatment?  

Does your Health Board follow EAGISS guidelines and how do they compare with other Health Boards across Scotland?

My Health Board will not fund my fertility treatment. What can I do?

How to secure funding?  

Contacting your Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP)  

Getting media coverage  

Insight

The patient journey  

Christine's story  

Resources

FIRST TEMPLATE LETTER TO HEALTH BOARD – REQUEST FOR FUNDING  

SECOND TEMPLATE LETTER TO HEALTH BOARD – APPEAL LETTER  

TEMPLATE LETTER TO MSP – THIRD TEMPLATE LETTER  

EAGISS REPORT  

NATIONAL NEWS, UPDATES AND PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS  

EMAIL YOUR INFERTILITY NETWORK UK REGIONAL ORGANISER - KAREN BRAY

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Date of preparation: June 2008