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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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Health watchdog recommends more women get IVF on the NHS

Health watchdog NICE are recommending that women over 40, those who are 'preparing for cancer treatment' and lesbian couples should receive IVF on the NHS. However questions have been raised over the costs involved in increasing the number of IVF treatments.

ITV Daybreak's Michelle Morrison on the proposed changes to who can get IVF on the NHS.

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