§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assistance his Department has given to embryo and infertility work within the Nottingham health authority area.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeDecisions about the priority and resources to be given to infertility services are for individual health authorities to determine within their overall allocations and in the light of local circumstances. I understand that problems have arisen in Nottingham because of the demand of local consultants for extra payments for family planning and sterilisation procedures which the DHA is unwilling to pay as the work is within the doctors' contractual commitment to the National Health Service.