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Lack of NHS Cash Puts British Bottom of League for Fertility Treatment

by Mark Henderson,  Times Online,  July 2, 2009
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Poor NHS funding of IVF means that infertile British couples are among the least likely in Europe to receive the treatment they need to start a family, new official figures have shown.

The latest European league table of access to fertility treatment has placed Britain 11th of 13 countries providing data for 2006, with only Germany and Montenegro providing fewer cycles of IVF in proportion to their population.

You can read more about this study in this article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6618115.ece

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