Nice draft recommendations on IVF and fertility

• Couples should be referred to a fertility specialist after their first full year of unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant.
• They should be referred sooner if they know of a clinical cause behind their infertility.

• Women under 40 who have been trying to conceive are offered three full cycles of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
• Patients aged 40 to 42 are offered one cycle.

• The quality standards also say that people who are of a reproductive age who are preparing to have treatment for cancer should be offered to have their eggs or sperm frozen and preserved.

Read: NHS watchdog: 'End IVF postcode lottery'