{"id":6540,"date":"2020-11-30T12:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T06:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2022-03-12T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:22:17","slug":"scotlands-ivf-treatment-is-the-gold-standard-say-fertility-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/scotlands-ivf-treatment-is-the-gold-standard-say-fertility-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#8217;s IVF treatment is the &#8216;gold standard&#8217;, say fertility experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-first-paragraph\">SCOTLAND\u00a0leads the UK in NHS-funded IVF treatment and it is a frustration that there is \u201cno willingness\u201d by the UK Government to achieve the same level of service south of the Border, a London-based fertility expert has said.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Norcross, director of the Progress Educational Trust, which campaigns to improve access to treatment, praised the Scottish Government for the gradual, sustained improvements that she said had led to the country providing a \u201cgold standard\u201d service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscription-content\">\n<p>In Scotland, women under 40 can have three funded rounds of IVF treatment and one between the ages of 40 and 42, if all the relevant criteria is fulfilled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"inArticleAd-1\" class=\"advert-container\">\n<div id=\"DFP_in_article_mpu\" data-google-query-id=\"CMj7kZvWqe0CFQChSwUd6YgO5g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/154725070\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news_2__container__\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In England, treatment varies widely because there are more than 200 commissioning centres, while in Wales only one round is funded.<\/p>\n<p>The success rate is also higher in Scotland. For women under the age of 38, the live birth rate is 34 per cent per embryo, compared to 29% across the UK while there are fewer multiple births, which can post risks for both mother and baby.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Norcross said couples and single women are more likely to pay for treatment in England, while NHS treatment is also more likely to be outsourced to private clinics.<\/p>\n<p>She said part of the reason for Scotland\u2019s higher success rate is because there is greater sharing of\u00a0\u201cbest practice\u201d between the four NHS centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Scotland it\u2019s as good as it gets,\u201d said Ms Norcross.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is so frustrating there is not the willingness to do this in England.\u00a0I think there are political reasons\u00a0for that but I don&#8217;t really want to say anymore &#8211; it&#8217;s not going to do my cause any good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is great collaboration between the four NHS centres in Scotland in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee and a drive to share good practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are a private\u00a0business\u00a0you keep your best practices to yourself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inArticleAd-2\" class=\"advert-container\">\n<div id=\"DFP_in_article_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CMn7kZvWqe0CFQChSwUd6YgO5g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/154725070\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news_3__container__\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn Wales and Northern Ireland treatment is centrally commissioned, like it is in Scotland, but they are not as generous \u2013 you can have up to two in Northern Ireland and in Wales it\u2019s\u00a0just one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just great provision (in Scotland) but the provision in the NHS is really good quality. Going on the regulator\u2019s latest figures, the live birth rate is 28% per embryo transferred for all women in Scotland, whereas it\u2019s only 23% across the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Legacy of Glasgow ultrasound pioneer continues with new technology that will make Scotland a leader in fetal medicine\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you split down the age range \u2013 if you are looking at women under the age of 38 \u2013 the UK average is 29%, whereas in Scotland it is 34%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScotland is also ahead of the game in reducing multiple births. There is a drive to cut down on the numbers of twins and triplets because it\u2019s not good for mum and it\u2019s not good for baby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Scotland the average is only 6% of multiple births, whereas across the UK is 8% and the target that was set by the regulator is 10% so Scotland is way ahead of the target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around 60% of couples in Scotland access fertility treatment through the NHS, while in England that figure stands at around 40%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut even if people are getting it on the NHS in England, it might be done in a private centre, where in Scotland that model is avoided,\u201d said Ms Norcross.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a real willingness\u00a0by the Scottish Government to fund this and to recognise that fertility treatment is an essential part of the\u00a0health\u00a0service and that they should work towards the implementation\u00a0of the NICE guidelines that were brought in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Scotland&#8217;s IVF centres given approval to open in a &#8216;safe and timely way&#8217;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey took a really responsible approach I think in that they knew\u00a0they couldn\u2019t achieve it overnight without having other knock-on effects to the health service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The charity leader also hailed the opening of a new centralised NHS facility, near Edinburgh, which aims to improve the process of egg and sperm donation in Scotland and will act as a national storage facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jack Copeland Centre, near Edinburgh, is also a base for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. A national donor drive was due to take place this year but has been postponed due to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an issue\u00a0that needs to be kept in the public awareness because it\u2019s not something that\u2019s in the public\u2019s awareness in the same way as blood donation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women are offered around \u00a3700 to donate eggs while men receive around \u00a335 per donation &#8211; Ms Norcross said\u00a0the process is generally motivated\u00a0by altruism.<\/p>\n<p>She said the goal for the future in terms of fertility treatment should be improving access for those who would like a second child and to improve access for single woman and men.<br \/>\u201cSingle men do come forward\u00a0but it\u2019s obviously incredibly\u00a0difficult because they have to use surrogacy which is complicated\u00a0<br \/>and expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"inArticleAd-4\" class=\"advert-container\">\n<div id=\"DFP_in_article_4\" data-google-query-id=\"CMv7kZvWqe0CFQChSwUd6YgO5g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/154725070\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news_5__container__\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A spokesman for the UK Government said: \u201cEarlier this year the Health and Social Care Secretary committed to reviewing IVF equality to ensure all couples get equal access.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[639],"tags":[866,4494,2742,53],"class_list":["post-6540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pregnancy-fertility","tag-fertility","tag-gold-standard","tag-ivf","tag-treatment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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