Petition · past parliament

Make ivf funding equal for all of the UK. postcode lottery is unfair.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The area you live in decides how the nhs will fund fertility treatment (ivf) some postcodes will fund 1 some will fund 3 and some get no funding at all. Infertility is a really hard battle already and treatment should be the same for everyone not dictated by your postcode.
I have looked on the ccg website and for example the coventry and rugby clinics offer 1 nhs funded ivf. Essex has no funding at all and in Luton they offer 3 cycles how is that worked out to be fair ?. Also some postcodes no funding at all is offered for same sex couples or if one of you have a child from a previous relationship you won't be funded.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

14 Mar 2016 Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Mar 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.