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IVF: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of NHS Greater Manchester’s proposed reduction in the number of NHS-funded IVF cycles from two to one on residents of Stockport.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of NHS Greater Manchester’s proposed reduction in the number of NHS-funded IVF cycles from two to one on residents of Stockport.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    We expect integrated care boards to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. The NICE’s Fertility problems: assessment and treatment guideline recommends that the standard for the best...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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