Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108291

IVF: Greater Manchester

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce NHS-funded IVF provision across Greater Manchester to one cycle on (a) patient outcomes and (b) health inequalities.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No such assessments have been undertaken by the Department. Funding decisions for health services in England are made by integrated care boards and are based on the clinical needs of their local population. We expect these organisations to commission fert...

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