I have been looking through all the data around fertility treatment and discovered I'm in one if the few pockets of the UK where assisted conception and IVF is not funded beyond the age of 35.
NICE guidelines recommend 39 and most PCTs adhere to this. For women with known causes of infertility like I have (severe endo) it can go up to 42.
Sadly my GP confirmed this week that although they will run basic tests I will not be eligible for any treatment.
I was37 when we started ttc because my endo was so severe and now 2.5 years later I am 39. My GP would not refer me earlier than this despite guidance.
I was recommended by the experts at the John Radcliffe to have treatment with them up to age 39 but due to where I live this will not be funded.
I feel really gutted :(
Anyone know if local restrictions can be challenged? Mh region is the only one with a cut off age of 35, before that it was 37 (so I'd still be ineligible now but wouldn't have been when I started ttc).
It feels really unfair for me not to have treatment when someone across the border can have it :(
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So I live in the only region where I can't access fertility treatment on NHS
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TigerseyeMum · 10/02/2013 10:52
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