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IVF 'on the NHS for the over-40s'

Women up to 42-years-old struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment on the NHS, the health watchdog has recommended. It also suggests that it should be offered to gay couples and those with infectious diseases like Hepatitis B and HIV.

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Gay couples to get IVF on the NHS

In the new consultation document, the health watchdog NICE raises the age and also says IVF should be offered to gay and lesbian couples.

Since the original recommendations on fertility were published in 2004 there have been many advances in both treatments and in the understanding of different techniques.

The aim of these new and updated recommendations is to ensure that everyone who has problems with fertility has access to the best levels of help.

– Dr Gill Leng, Nice's deputy chief executive

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