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Funding for Fertility in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland?  

Current criteria for access to fertility treatment in Northern Ireland

What is a Health Board?  

Why will my Health Board not fund my fertility treatment?  

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

What fertility care are you entitled to?

Who are NICE and what do they do?  

Why was NICE set up?  

Does NICE cover the whole of the UK?  

What are their recommendations regarding my fertility treatment?  

Read the NICE guideline on fertility  

What is a full cycle of IVF 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 the NICE guideline and how do they compare with other Health Boards across Northern Ireland? 

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

How to secure funding?  

Contacting your Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)  

Getting media coverage  

Insight

The patient journey  

Chritsine's Story  

Resources

FIRST TEMPLATE LETTER TO HEALTH BOARD – REQUEST FOR FUNDING  

SECOND TEMPLATE LETTER TO HEALTH BOARD – APPEAL LETTER  

TEMPLATE LETTER TO MLA – THIRD TEMPLATE LETTER 

NICE FERTILITY GUIDELINE  

NI NEWS UPDATES, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS  

EMAIL YOUR INFERTILITY NETWORKUK REGIONAL ORGANISER - SHARON DAVIDSON  

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Date of preparation: June 2008