HC Deb 16 June 1994 vol 244 cc621-3W
Mr. Etherington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what provision is made for(a) infertility treatment and (b) infertility investigation in Sunderland district health authority;

(2) what advice the Sunderland district health authority has sought from her Department as to the most cost-effective and cost-efficient means of providing for infertility investigation and treatment.

Mr. Sackville

These are matters for the Sunderland district health authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. George Bedell, chairman of the authority, for details.

The national health service provides a wide range of treatments for subfertility. Individual health authorities determine priorities in the light of local needs and circumstances.

Advice is available to health authorities and clinicians in two publications drawn to the attention of the NHS in 1992:

  1. (a) 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.
  2. (b) The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists publication "Infertility—Guidelines For Practice".

Copies of the documents are available in the Library.

Mr. Couchman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what advice the West Kent health authority has sought from her Department as to the most cost-effective and cost-efficient means of providing for infertility investigation and treatment in its area;

(2) what provision is made for (a) infertility investigation and (b) infertility in West Kent health authority.

Mr. Sackville

This is a matter for West Kent health authority. My hon. Friend may wish to contact Mr. Peter Edgely, the chairman of the authority, for details.

The national health service provides a wide range of treatments for subfertility. Individual health authorities determine priorities in the light of local needs and circumstances. Advice is available to health authorities and clinicians in two publications drawn to the attention of the NHS in 1992:

  1. (a) 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.
  2. (b) The Royal College of Obstreticians and Gynaecologists publication "Infertility—Guidelines For Practice".

Copies of the documents are available in the Library.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what provision is made for infertility investigation in(a) the South Birmingham district health authority area and (b) the area covered by West Midlands Health.

(2) what is the provision for infertility treatment in (a) the South Birmingham district health authority area and (b) the area covered by West Midlands Health.

(3) whether the South Birmingham district health authority has sought advice from her Department on the most cost-effective and cost-efficient means of providing for infertility investigation and treatment in its area.

Mr. Sackville

This is a matter for individual health authorities. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. B. Stoten, chairman of South Birmingham health authority and Mr. B. Edwards, chairman of West Midlands regional health authority for further information.

The national health service provides a wide range of treatments for subfertility. Individual health authorities determine priorities in the light of local needs and circumstances. Advice is available to health authorities and clinicians in two publications drawn to the attention of the NHS in 1992:

  1. (a) 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.
  2. (b) The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists publication "Infertility Guidelines for Practice".

Copies of the documents are available in the Library.