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IVF

Commons · Question 128339 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce statutory duties on Integrated Care Boards to deliver NICE fertility guidelines on IVF cycles.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Apr 2026

Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards (ICBs) and are based on the clinical needs of their local population.On 31 March, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its updated fertil...