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CCG 520 How many cycles of IVF do you offer to eligible patients?

According to your current IVF treatment policy: 

Request a - How many cycles of IVF do you offer to eligible patients? 

Response a – Please see the attached policy Fertility Policy 

Request b - Do you fund a full cycle of IVF, as defined by NICE, which includes replacement of all frozen embryos? If not how many frozen embryo transfers do you fund? 

Response b – See response a. 

Request c - What is your upper and lower age limit that female patients must meet in order to qualify for treatment? 

Response c - See response a. 

Request d - Do you fund one full cycle of IVF for women aged 40-42 in line with the NICE guidance?

Response d – See response a. 

Request e - Do you have an age criteria that male patients must meet in order to qualify for treatment? If so, please state what the criteria is. 

Response e – See response a. 

Request f - What must the smoking status of patients be? 

Response f – See response a. 

Request g - What weight requirement exists (i.e. BMI)? 

Response g – See response a. 

Request h - How long do couples need to be trying to conceive before becoming eligible for treatment? 

Response h – See response a

Request I - Is there a minimum period that the couple need to have been in a relationship before becoming eligible for treatment? 

Response I – See response a. 

Request j - What eligibility criteria do you apply in relation to existing children that either one or both partners may have? 

Response j – See response a. 

Request k - What policy is in place (if any) for the use of Single Embryo Transfer? 

Response k – See response a. 

Request l - Do you fund fertility treatment for same sex couples, and if so what eligibility criteria do they have to fulfill?

Response l – See response a. 

Request m - Do you fund fertility preservation for cancer patients and if so what budget is the funding taken from? 

Response m – See response a. 

Request 2 - What is the average cost of a cycle of an IVF cycle funded by the CCG and what does that include? 

Response 2 - In accordance with the NICE Guidance costing, the average cost of a cycle is £2878.

In accordance with the Yorkshire and Humber Fertility Policy, an IVF cycle includes

  • 1 episode of ovarian stimulation and the transfer of any resultant fresh and frozen embryo(s) (NICE 2013). Or
  • The replacement of a fresh embryo and subsequent sequential replacement of all frozen embryos derived from the cycle until pregnancy is successful or harvested embryos have been exhausted. (Not expected to be more than 4). 

Request 3 - What providers does the CCG contract with to provide IVF services? 

Response 3 - Care Fertility Limited (Sheffield), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

Request 4 - When was the current assisted conception policy developed? And who was consulted? 

Response 4 – October 2013. 

Request 5 - When will the CCG review its assisted conception policy? 

Response 5 – January to March 2016. 

Request 6 - Is the assisted conception policy available on the CCG’s website? If so please provide a link to the policy. 

Response 6 - http://www.rotherhamccg.nhs.uk/individual-funding-request-policies.htm 

Request 7 - Please could you provide me with a copy of your assisted conception policy? 

Response 7 – Fertility Policy 

Request 8 - Which MPs cover the boundaries of the CCG? 

Response 8 – This information is in the public domain. 

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Request 9 - Has the CCG conducted any financial modelling on the cost implications of funding three full cycles of IVF?  

Response 9 - No 

Request 10 - If the CCG does not follow the NICE guideline, have they published the reasons why they do not follow the guideline? If so, what are the reasons for not complying with the NICE guideline?  

Response 10 – N/A 

Request 11 - In the last 12 months, or at the time of the last consultation on the IVF policy, has the CCG considered collaborating with other CCGs on the fertility policy?  

Response 11 - The current Fertility Policy is a Yorkshire and Humber wide policy and therefore includes all CCGs in that footprint. 

Request 12 - In the last 12 months, how many patients have applied for fertility funding (both successfully and unsuccessfully) through an Individual Funding Request?  

Response 12 - 7 

Request 13 - In the last 12 months, how many women aged between 40-42 has the CCG funded IVF treatment for? What does the CCG estimate this to have cost? 

Response 13 - 1 approx. £3,000 

Request 14 - I would also like to request permission to re-publish the data provided in a publically accessible document/web-format

Response 14 – As this information is in the public domain there is no problem with you re-publishing the information.