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06/09/2017
The decision to withdraw treatment was made at a meeting of its Governing Body, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The ruling means that routinely commissioned specialist fertility services will be suspended until April 2019.
The decision was taken following a 20-week public consultation over the summer. The CCG's Governing Body reviewed the comments and responses received during the consultation in an end of consultation report.
In total, 1,311 responses were received during the consultation as well as a petition with more than 2,200 signatures.
The decision to suspend provision of specialist fertility services will take immediate effect. There are two exceptions to the restrictions on specialist fertility provision; they are fertility preservation for patients undergoing treatment that has a significant likelihood of making them infertile (e.g. cancer); and sperm washing for men who have a chronic viral infection (e.g. HIV) and whose female partner does not, in order to limit the transmission of a serious, pre-existing viral condition.
Commenting on the announcement, Dr Gary Howsam, Chair and Chief Clinical Officer, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, said: "Specialist IVF services are part of a range of investigations and treatments that can help couples to conceive. I would encourage anyone with fertility problems to go to their GP who can discuss with them the treatment options available.
"Couples can still be referred on to hospital for further tests to investigate the cause of their infertility. Many causes of infertility can be successfully treated without the need to go on to IVF.
"The response to the consultation showed that people feel strongly about this issue, and for that reason this was a very difficult decision for the Governing Body to make and we understand that people will be disappointed."
He continued: "The CCG has finite resources to fund a whole range of health services and treatments. We need to save £46.5m this financial year, and so we have had to review all areas of our spending and to make some difficult decisions.
"The decision to suspend routinely commissioning specialist fertility services is a financially necessary decision, following evaluation of the options available to us to reduce expenditure, and we have said that we will review this decision in April 2019."
Further information regarding the decision, as well as recommendations that were made during the consultation, can be viewed here.
(JP)
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Specialist IVF Services To Be Suspended
It has been announced that specialist IVF services are to be suspended in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.The decision to withdraw treatment was made at a meeting of its Governing Body, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The ruling means that routinely commissioned specialist fertility services will be suspended until April 2019.
The decision was taken following a 20-week public consultation over the summer. The CCG's Governing Body reviewed the comments and responses received during the consultation in an end of consultation report.
In total, 1,311 responses were received during the consultation as well as a petition with more than 2,200 signatures.
The decision to suspend provision of specialist fertility services will take immediate effect. There are two exceptions to the restrictions on specialist fertility provision; they are fertility preservation for patients undergoing treatment that has a significant likelihood of making them infertile (e.g. cancer); and sperm washing for men who have a chronic viral infection (e.g. HIV) and whose female partner does not, in order to limit the transmission of a serious, pre-existing viral condition.
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Commenting on the announcement, Dr Gary Howsam, Chair and Chief Clinical Officer, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, said: "Specialist IVF services are part of a range of investigations and treatments that can help couples to conceive. I would encourage anyone with fertility problems to go to their GP who can discuss with them the treatment options available.
"Couples can still be referred on to hospital for further tests to investigate the cause of their infertility. Many causes of infertility can be successfully treated without the need to go on to IVF.
"The response to the consultation showed that people feel strongly about this issue, and for that reason this was a very difficult decision for the Governing Body to make and we understand that people will be disappointed."
He continued: "The CCG has finite resources to fund a whole range of health services and treatments. We need to save £46.5m this financial year, and so we have had to review all areas of our spending and to make some difficult decisions.
"The decision to suspend routinely commissioning specialist fertility services is a financially necessary decision, following evaluation of the options available to us to reduce expenditure, and we have said that we will review this decision in April 2019."
Further information regarding the decision, as well as recommendations that were made during the consultation, can be viewed here.
(JP)
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