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JOIN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE - ECOMMISSIONING IVF AND OTHER NHS SERVICES

Started by mensfe_admin, 2017-01-11 11:40

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Please join this debate:

The House of Commons is working to increase public engagement with debates, helping the public to have their voices heard and input into the debate. Our aim to open up the Parliamentary process to the public.

On Thursday 19 January a Westminster Hall debate is taking place on decommissioning of IVF and other NHS fertility services and we are running a digital debate on the House of Commons Facebook page in the lead up to the debate. On Monday 16 January one of the co-sponsoring MPs, Steve McCabe, will be available live on Facebook from 4.30 – 5.30pm to answer questions as well as ask further questions to the public to help inform the debate - all the comments will then be collated and passed on to the MPs for use in the debate on Thursday.

Charities, campaign groups and members of the public are invited to share their views on the Facebook debate page.

Steve McCabe MP has suggested a few questions which would help him inform the debate, but it would also be great to have input from Mensfe about the issues and concerns the public may have about IVF and NHS fertility services. Questions include:

• What regional variation exists in the provision of IVF services and the commissioning costs involved?

• Why is there so much variation in the provision of IVF services on the NHS?

• Are other NHS fertility services also being reduced and decommissioned?

The debate is being supported by the Fertility Network but we are keen to have as many opinions, comments and questions from as many people as possible and it would be fantastic if you were able to share details of this debate with your contacts and encourage the public to take part.

We have been running digital debates for just over a year and you can find examples of previous digital debates we have run on our website:  Digital debates.