FOI - Assisted Conception Policies
FOI Reference Number:
1732
Request
We request the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1.Which of these fertility treatments do you provide for your transgender patients?
- Egg harvesting
- Cryopreservation of eggs – How long do you offer cryopreservation of eggs for?
- Extraction of sperm, both surgical and self-ejaculatory
- Cryopreservation of sperm – How long do you offer cryopreservation of sperm for?
- IVF Embryo Treatment
- Embryo cryopreservation – How long do you offer embryo cryopreservation for?
- Ovarian Tissue Extraction and Cryopreservation – How long do you offer cryopreservation of ovarian tissue for?
2. What, if any, are the youngest ages of patients that are entitled to receive these treatments?
- Egg harvesting
- Egg cryopreservation
- Sperm harvesting
- Sperm cryopreservation
- IVF Embryo Treatment
- Embryo cryopreservation
- Ovarian Tissue Extraction and Cryopreservation
3. If you have answered no to any of the above questions, what is the “strong justification” that your CCG has for not funding this fertility treatment?
Response
Date: 6 January 2023
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1732
Thank you for your request for information from Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
We believe that all of your questions are addressed in our IVF & ICSI Policy and our Gamete Storage Policy, both of which can be found online at the location below:
http://www.derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk/clinical-policies-home/clinical-policies/gynaecology-and-fertility
I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
FOI Team
Scarsdale
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF
Or:
If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, email casework@ico.org.uk.
Yours faithfully,
Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB
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