Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71549

IVF: LGBT+ People

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Anneliese Midgley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward the removal of requirements for same-sex female couples to self-fund intrauterine insemination cycles before becoming eligible for NHS-funded IVF treatment.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government recognises that fertility treatment across the National Health Service in England is subject to variation in access. Work continues between the Department and NHS England to better understand the offer around NHS-funded fertility services i...

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