equitydealer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:30 am
Yes you are entitled to free IVF treatment as long as you meet your local CCG/NHS criteria.
Not quite:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitle ... alth-guide
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and Guidance on overseas visitors hospital charging regulations 2017 outline the following services in the NHS which are currently free of charge irrespective of country of normal residence.... family planning services (does
not include the termination of pregnancy or i
nfertility treatment)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... ctober.pdf
5.2. Payment of the health surcharge entitles the payer to NHS-funded healthcare on a similar basis as someone who is ordinarily resident. They are entitled to NHS services free at the point of use, including NHS hospital care, with, from 21 August 2017, the exception of assisted conception services (e.g. IVF) (see paragraph 5.16). They must also pay for services for which a UK ordinary resident must also pay,
such as dentistry and prescriptions in England, unless they also meet the particular
exemption criteria of those services
Assisted conception services
5.15 Since 21 August 2017, those exempt from charge under Regulation 10 (health surcharge arrangements) or 11 (transitional arrangements) are
not exempt from charge in relation to assisted conception services.
5.16.Assisted conception services are defined in the Charging Regulations as any
medical, surgical or obstetric services provided for the purpose of assisting a person
to carry a child. Broadly speaking, this means any medicines, surgery or procedures
that are required to diagnose and treat infertility so a person can have a child. It
includes procedures such as intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilisation (IVF)
and egg and sperm donation.
5.23. Where two people are seeking assisted conception services with NHS funding,
and one of the two people is covered by health surcharge arrangements and the other is ordinarily resident in the UK and therefore not subject to charge, the services required by the health surcharge payer will be chargeable. Any services required by the ordinarily resident person will continue to be freely available, subject to the established local or national commissioning arrangements.
My comment: The last point (5.23) is very odd because with IVF treatment, you are treated as a couple, so I am not sure how any services between the two people can be counted separately...
