National Infertility Group Report January 2013

The report was produced by the National Infertility Group in January 2013, with recommendations on IVF criteria for all eligible couples, for the consideration of Scottish Government Ministers.


Appendix L References

1. NHS National Services Scotland, can be accessed at:
http://www.nhsnss.org/

2. Scottish Government Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland - May 2010, can be viewed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/311667/0098354.pdf

3. World Health Organisation (WHO) ART terminology, can be viewed at
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/infertility/art_terminology2/en/index.html

4. NICE Fertility Guideline consultation can be viewed at
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/12157/59280/59280.pdf

5. The epidemiology of infertility in the North East of Scotland, S. Bhattacharya, M Porter, E. Amalraj, A. Templeton, M Hamilton, A.J. Lee and J.J. Kurinczuk - Human Reproduction, Vol 24, No 12 pp 3096-3107, 2009

6. Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland (EAGISS) 2000 report, can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/infertility

7. Infertility Services in Scotland 1993, can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/infertility

8. HFEA Licence, further information can be viewed at
www.hfea.gov.uk/5435.html

9. British Medical Journal (BMJ) article, can be viewed at:
http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6945

10. Report of the Review of Infertility Services in Scotland - 2007, can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/infertility

11. NICE clinical guideline No 11 - Fertility, can be viewed at
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG011niceguideline.pdf

12. HFEAct 2008, to view further information please click here
www.hfea.gov.uk/code.html

13. Merck Serono Ltd can be accessed at:
http://www.merck.co.uk/en/index.html;jsessionid=15A58C28352A4103E299D5977D79558B

14. Infertility Network Scotland (INS), can be viewed at:
http://www.infertilitynetworkuk.com/

15. Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment at Glasgow University can be accessed at:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/hehta/

16. HFEA national data - available at
www.hfea.gov.uk/104.html

17. Fertility treatment in 2010: Facts and Figures - HFEA (2011) can be viewed at:
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/2011-11-16_-_Annual_Register_Figures_Report_final.pdf

18. Scotland's Population 2011 - The Register General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends, can be viewed at:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/annual-review-2011/rgar-2011.pdf

19. Report by the Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group on Infertility - June 2011 - available at:
http://www.garethjohnsonmp.co.uk/report-into-ivf-provision-in-england-and-wales-2011

20. Government funded IVF provision in the UK is amongst the lowest in Europe, can be viewed at:
http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_156654.asp

21. Health Survey for England, can be viewed at:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/04/obesityfacts/

22. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) News, available at:
www.rcog.org.uk/news/avoiding-multiple-pregnancies-could-double-number-available-ivf-cycles

23. Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE), can be viewed at:
http://www.hqip.org.uk/cmace-reports/

24. NHS Health Scotland and Scottish Government publication "Ready Steady Baby" can be viewed at:
http://www.readysteadybaby.org.uk/

25. New England Journal of Medicine - cumulative live birth rates after in vitro fertilization in 2009, can be viewed at:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0803072

26. INS Survey of NHS Boards' provision of infertility services and eligibility criteria - information can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/infertility

27. National Schedule of Reference Costs Year: 2008-09 - NHS Trusts and PCTs Combined Critical Care Services - Neonatal, can be viewed at:
http://data.gov.uk/dataset/nhs-reference-costs2008-09

28. HFEA Multiple Birth Minimisation Strategy, can be viewed at
www.hfea.gov.uk/6195.html

29. Lancet report - preventing preterm births - November 2012, can be viewed at:
http://press.thelancet.com/prematurityvhhdi.pdf

30. Infertility Network Scotland's patient factsheet on Single Embryo Transfer can be viewed at:
http://www.infertilitynetworkuk.com/uploaded/Fact%20Sheets/SET%20Patient%20Factsheet%20Updated%20February%202012.pdf

31. HFEA website - "One at a time", can be viewed at:
www.oneatatime.org.uk

32. SIGN Guideline 76: Long term follow up care of survivors of childhood cancer, can be viewed at:
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/76/

33. HFEA consultation "Donating sperm and eggs: have your say" 2011, can be viewed at:
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/6285.html

34. Access criteria for Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), can be viewed at
www.nsd.scot.nhs.uk/documents/pgdframework.pdf

35. Scottish Health Council, can be viewed at:
http://www.scottishhealthcouncil.org/home.aspx

36. Equalities Act 2010, further information can be viewed at
www.equalities.gov.uk/equality act 2010.aspx

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