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Women denied NHS fertility treatment because 'they cannot carry child themselves' - Daily Telegraph 30th October 2009
"Hundreds of women face a postcode lottery getting NHS funding for IVF treatment because they were born without a womb and require surrogates, the Telegraph can reveal. "
NHS access to IVF 'improves' - BBC Health News 18th June 2009
Over a quarter of local health bodies are offering the recommended three free cycles of fertility treatment to couples trying to have a child.
The Department of Health said 27% of English primary care trusts offer three cycles - up from just 5% in 2007.
IVF expert accused of dismissing sick patient - The Guardian 1st October 2008
One of the UK's most successful fertility doctors failed to investigate when a patient arrived at his Harley Street clinic in tears and complaining of vomiting, telling her husband she had a "mental block" about treatment, a disciplinary hearing heard yesterday. Hours later, the woman had seizures and was admitted to an intensive care unit.
Patient released by IVF doctor 'ended up in intensive care' - The Independent 1st October 2008
GMC disciplinary panel hears that fertility specialist sent vomiting woman home
Britain's most successful IVF specialist discharged a woman patient from his clinic who complained of repeated vomiting, hours before she collapsed unconscious with a life-threatening condition, a disciplinary panel heard yesterday.
IVF doctor: Patients view him with awe but rivals are less impressed - The Independent 1st October 2008
He is Britain's most successful IVF doctor with a live birth rate twice the national average and a fortune founded on enabling women to have children, sometimes after years of fruitless treatment in other clinics.
But Mohammed Taranissi is also one of the most controversial, constantly pushing against the rules for fertility treatment and provoking the wrath of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). His rows with the regulator may have undermined his reputation but some, such as IVF pioneer Lord Winston, believe the publicity they have attracted has raised his profile.
Sick woman 'rushed to intensive care after fertility guru Taranissi failed to investigate condition' - Daily Mail 30th September 2008
Britain's leading fertility doctor played down the fears of a violently sick patient hours before she had to be taken to intensive care, a disciplinary panel has heard.
Mohamed Taranissi, 53, said her continued vomiting was due to anxiety as a result of the IVF treatment she was having.
Leading IVF doctor due before GMC - The Independent 29th September 2008
Britain's most successful IVF doctor will appear before a disciplinary panel today.
Mohamed Taranissi is set to deny allegations over his treatment of two female patients at his London clinic.
He is accused of failing to keep proper medical records, carrying out inappropriate tests and acting in an insensitive manner in his treatment of the women.
Fertility doctor faces GMC panel - BBC Health News 29th September 2008
One of the UK's leading fertility doctors faces a disciplinary hearing at the General Medical Council.
Mohamed Taranissi, who runs the Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC) in London, faces charges relating to his treatment of two women.
IVF watchdog lifts ban on Mohammed Taranissi to avoid challenge in High Court - The Times 27th September 2008
Mohammed Taranissi, Britain’s most successful fertility doctor, has been cleared to continue running his London clinic by the IVF watchdog, after it agreed to rescind a disciplinary ban imposed last year.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) will annul its ruling that Mr Taranissi was unfit to be in charge of his Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC), to avoid a judicial review.
Acupuncture 'helps women have babies' - The Observer 21st September 2008
Women undergoing fertility treatment are far more likely to successfully give birth if they also have acupuncture, a major scientific study has concluded.
The research found that women suffering with fertility problems who underwent the ancient Chinese treatment increased their chance of having a baby from one in five to one in three. Acupuncture involves inserting extremely fine needles into specific points on the body, along qi energy channels, to stimulate the body's own healing system.
Women get deal to freeze eggs for free - The Sunday Times 21st September 2008
WOMEN who wish to delay motherhood to establish their careers or find the ideal man will be able to freeze their eggs for free in exchange for giving half of them to infertile couples.
Advances in egg-freezing technology, which have almost eliminated the risk of damage to eggs, have allowed doctors to offer the treatment to women for non-medical reasons.
How IVF tourists and their multiple babies overload the NHS - Daily Mail 20th September 2008
Doctors have revealed for the first time the burden on the Health Service caused by women who have multiple births after going abroad for fertility treatment.
New evidence shows that one in four women having triplets or more as a result of IVF treatment had conceived outside the UK.
Celebrating the birth of thousands of ‘miracles’ - Liverpool Daily Post 15th September 2008
A PARTY to celebrate the thousands of babies born thanks to fertility treatment at a Liverpool Hospital was held on Saturday.\n\nHundreds of parents with children born as a result of assisted fertility at Liverpool Women’s Hospital’s Hewitt Centre joined staff to mark the 30th anniversary of the first IVF baby.
Six children, four mothers – and one father none of them has met. Meet the ‘family’ of Donor 66 - Daily Mail 13th September 2008
It looks like a photo of a typical family get-together. But there is something about the youngsters in the back row that sets it apart.
They are all members of what they call the 66 Club, named in honour of the father they share – an anonymous sperm donor known only as Donor 66.
Fertility clinics urged to cut number of multiple pregnancies | Society | The Guardian
Fertility clinics were issued with fresh guidelines yesterday to help reduce the number of women who have multiple pregnancies after IVF treatment.
Britain has one of the highest rates of multiple pregnancy in Europe, with doctors warning that they put women and their babies at far greater risk of medical complications. Under the guidelines, clinics will be encouraged to transfer only single embryos to the womb whenever the procedure is likely to be successful.
Lack of IVF funding 'putting mothers at risk from dangerous multiple births' - Telegraph
The Health Service is placing mothers-to-be and their children at risk of dangerous multiple births by funding too few cycles of IVF, experts have warned.
New IVF guidelines 'could hit the childless' with single embryo limit - Daily Mail 3rd September 2008
New advice on IVF treatment could deny women the chance of having a baby, experts claim.
Guidelines issued to fertility doctors today recommend that would-be mothers are implanted with only one embryo at a time wherever possible, to cut the odds of risky twin and triplet births.
Single embryo guidance to clinics - BBC Health News 2nd September 2008
Fertility clinics are to receive guidance aimed at cutting the rate of multiple pregnancies.
The British Fertility Society and Association of Clinical Embryologists recommends transferring only one embryo per IVF cycle wherever possible.
Barcodes for IVF parents - Liverpool Daily Post September 2nd August 2008
NEW technology developed at a Liverpool hospital will significantly reduce the potential for IVF baby mix-ups, according to an expert.\n\nDr Stephen Troup, scientific director at the Hewitt Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, has helped create a barcode system that he believes will prevent repeats of an IVF clinic blunder in 2002, where a white couple from Leeds gave birth to black twins.
IVF wife sues over delays that made her use donor eggs- Daily Mail 27th August 2008
A pregnant woman is suing her health trust after she was forced to conceive using a donated egg because of delays in treating her.
Greta Mason, 42, claims a barrage of unnecessary fertility tests followed by a six-year wait for treatment meant her eggs were too old to be used and she could only conceive using a donor.
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