IVF looks set to be offered in York

IVF looks set to be offered in York

9:50am Friday 6th June 2014 in News By Kate Liptrot, Health Reporter

Campaigners reacted with delight last night after health bosses voted yes to the idea of offering IVF treatment to York couples.

The Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group had been under fire for being the only place in the UK not to offer a single cycle of the fertility treatment to patients.

But in a meeting of the governing body yesterday, members agreed in principle to make IVF available to couples in the Vale of York via a joint commissioning approach with NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG.

A further announcement is due in two weeks.

Karen Boardman, 34, from Heworth, who has been trying for a baby since she married her husband Pete three years ago, said last night: This is a fantastic step forward.

I can only hope and encourage them to make the right final decision in two weeks - and allow so many couples in York to have a family.

I was quite surprised. Its amazing. It did not think they were going to budge.

Nicola Bates, Founder of IVFyes, the national patients campaign group, said: Its tremendous news.

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