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Article: IVF treatment being denied to couples in north staffordshire
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- Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Childless couples seeking fertility treatment in North
Staffordshire are being denied the chance to conceive - unless they
are prepared to fork out for IVF themselves.
North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust suspended funding for in
vitro fertilisation (IVF) in April last year and is one of only
three PCTs in the country not to provide fertility treatment.
The trust, which delivers healthcare in Newcastle and the
Staffordshire Moorlands, said the decision was made due to financial
problems and putting treatment for conditions such as cancer higher
on the list of priorities.
But couples affected by the decision have called it an