Petition launched against IVF lottery

Petition launched against IVF lottery

Updated 10:55am Friday 15th August 2014 in News By Kate Liptrot

A CAMPAIGN has been launched against a decision which has made York the only area in the UK not to fund fertility treatment.

Despite announcing it would provide a single cycle of the fertility treatment IVF, the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) backtracked on the decision earlier this month on a 5-4 vote, deciding to delay plans because it cannot afford the service.

Now the support group York Fertility Network has launched a petition against the "postcode lottery" and is calling for York to bring its policy in line with the rest of the UK.

The petition is due to be presented to the Vale of York CCG.

Karen Boardman, a member of the York Fertility Network who is due to undergo IVF treatment, said: "The whole situation is a disgrace. To have given hope to so many couples across York and then snatched it away is simply wrong.

"They have also said that it will cost 2 million to offer 110 people one cycle of IVF. This is absurd. The IVFYes campaign's research says on average it costs 3,434.70 per person per cycle of IVF. To suggest that it will cost just over 18,000 per person is completely ridiculous."

Among the 273 to sign the petition so far, many have left personal messages saying why they are supporting the campaign.

One woman wrote: "My sister is having IVF and has had to find the money to do so; this causes additional stress that they don't need."

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