§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which English health authorities will not be providing infertility treatment for 1993–94;
(2) what plans she has to make the provision of infertility treatment by all health authorities obligatory.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe national health service provides a wide range of treatments for subfertility. Decisions about the resources to be made available for these services must be left to individual health authorities as they are in the best316W position to determine priorities in the light of local needs and circumstances. Advice is available to health authorities and clinicians in two recent publications:
The Effective Health Care Bulletin on management of Subfertility, published for the NHS Management Executive by a consortium of Leeds and York Universities and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians.The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists publication "Infertility—Guidelines for Practice".Copies of these publications are available in the Library.