Glossary Item
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CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group)

Set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, CCGs are responsible for the commissioning of most hospital and community NHS services in local areas. CCGs replaced Primary Care Trusts from April 2013 and are overseen by NHS England. All GP practices now belong to CCGs.

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG suspends funded IVF indefinitely 12 August 2019 News
IVF postcode lottery 'blights patients' lives and damages the NHS' reputation', says minister 24 June 2019 News
HFEA issues first commissioning guidance for fertility treatment 3 June 2019 News
Transgender fertility rights case against NHS dropped 8 April 2019 News
South Norfolk bucks national trend to increase funding for IVF 11 February 2019 News
Oldham CCG cuts IVF cycle funding from three to one 21 January 2019 News
Two-thirds of fertility patients feel ripped off by IVF clinics 17 December 2018 News
Lancashire CCGs cut IVF services from two cycles to one 5 November 2018 News
Local areas in England are setting their own IVF access criteria 29 October 2018 News
Bury CCG confirms IVF cuts from three cycles to one per couple 1 October 2018 News
NHS to be sued over failing to offer trans patients egg and sperm freezing 1 October 2018 News
IVF cuts encourage risky multiple pregnancies, warns UK report 10 September 2018 News
Let's get fertility preservation right for everyone 13 August 2018 Comment
Bury CCG considers axeing fertility treatments 29 May 2018 News
MP Steve McCabe calls for end to postcode lottery in Ten Minute Rule Bill 23 April 2018 News
The Real Cost of IVF 16 April 2018 Comment
Wales 'failing to test' for high-risk bowel cancer gene 9 April 2018 News
UK region cuts IVF for couples with obese male partner 19 March 2018 News
Offer egg freezing to all with medical need, say guidelines 8 January 2018 News
Does it matter whether infertility is a disease? 11 December 2017 Comment
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